NCAA votes to allow athletes to profit from likeness

[Blackdynamite]

As an NCAA football video game enthusiast, I had a thought. What if EA does this. They work to get a video game released by like may of next year. For every player who’s likeness is used (so pretty much all of them) they set aside the money for all players and then in 2021 the funds are released to all athletes. That way they can get the game out a year early instead of having to wait till 2021. Idk just a thought but I’m sure there are some ramifications that would come with it.

The NCAA will need a players union. I don't know how they can distribute the payments to all the athletes without one.

 

[jizzrag85]

As an NCAA football video game enthusiast, I had a thought. What if EA does this. They work to get a video game released by like may of next year. For every player who’s likeness is used (so pretty much all of them) they set aside the money for all players and then in 2021 the funds are released to all athletes. That way they can get the game out a year early instead of having to wait till 2021. Idk just a thought but I’m sure there are some ramifications that would come with it.

Do you game much? Lol. Proposing EA hurry up and push a game out is a scary thought. They’re already the kings of releasing half baked, feature lacking, turds.

 

[Medford M.]

Anyone see Dabo Swinney said he'd quit if college players start getting paid?

Pretty rich coming from a guy who runs the dirtiest program in the country.

 

[Bread]

Do you game much? Lol. Proposing EA hurry up and push a game out is a scary thought. They’re already the kings of releasing half baked, feature lacking, turds.

I do yes and I know how EA is lol. But the NCAA line never really had those issues imo because it was a bunch of guys really passionate about college football. But honestly I'd be fine if they "rushed" a graphically updated and roster updated version of the 2014 game while making the following year the big one with RPO's and new mechanics added in.

 

[Bread]

Anyone see Dabo Swinney said he'd quit if college players start getting paid?

Pretty rich coming from a guy who runs the dirtiest program in the country.

You think Clemson is the dirtiest program in the country? How so?

 

[jizzrag85]

I do yes and I know how EA is lol. But the NCAA line never really had those issues imo because it was a bunch of guys really passionate about college football. But honestly I'd be fine if they "rushed" a graphically updated and roster updated version of the 2014 game while making the following year the big one with RPO's and new mechanics added in.

Haha me too. I just read that and was like “oh god, don’t ever ask EA to hurry up.”

I too miss NCAA football. Madden sucks anymore.

 

[jizzrag85]

Anyone see Dabo Swinney said he'd quit if college players start getting paid?

Pretty rich coming from a guy who runs the dirtiest program in the country.

I don’t know about that but considering he makes what 9 million a year? GTFO.

 

[ahoelsken]

This may be an overly optimistic viewpoint on my part, but I see that announcement as a good thing. Up until fairly recently, the NCAA was saying it would bar all California schools from participation in NCAA tournaments. This is a pretty dramatic shift in attitude for an organization that has resisted change with every ounce of its being for 100 or so years.

They had to do something-think of all the summer olympic sports (water polo!) that go away if you boot the Cali schools lol

 

[ahoelsken]

Anyone see Dabo Swinney said he'd quit if college players start getting paid?

Pretty rich coming from a guy who runs the dirtiest program in the country.

Back up that second statement.

 

[cu3x]

Look at BB. With smaller squads, is there likely to be jealousy, animosity towards 1 or 2 guys bringing in bucks? Do guys get more pissed over the coaches' minutes played decisions?

 

[Darth Snow]

Weird how certain political types approach this issue.

 

[DBT]

Why did it “need to happen?”

I’ve gotten two “unlikes” but not an answer to the question. Only a few will benefit. It’ll open the door to corruption even wider. It will alienate athletes who aren’t getting paid. It will further create an elite group of programs which will potentially decrease the interest in college football and basketball but especially football.

A new recruiting tactic will be “Come here. Our athletes make more money than those at the other schools recruiting you do.” Combine that with the 4 game redshirt rule and the transfer portal and you, potentially, have a big mess.

 

[manhattanbuff]

I’ve gotten two “unlikes” but not an answer to the question. Only a few will benefit. It’ll open the door to corruption even wider. It will alienate athletes who aren’t getting paid. It will further create an elite group of programs which will potentially decrease the interest in college football and basketball but especially football.

A new recruiting tactic will be “Come here. Our athletes make more money than those at the other schools recruiting you do.” Combine that with the 4 game redshirt rule and the transfer portal and you, potentially, have a big mess.

It “needed to happen” because of capitalism and regulation coming from states. You have people who are in a position where they cannot fully take advantage of what the market has for them. Instead, schools suck up that value, get richer, and offer the help perks that don’t add up to the value they generate.

Your arguments are contradictory, BTW. If “only a few will benefit”, then there isn’t more widespread corruption as you describe. People cheat now. Instituting an olympic style compensation model will enable players in all sports to cash in on their fame (if they have any) without putting the onus on the school to cough up extra money.

If a booster wants to pay a player today, they do it with cold hard cash. So what if they have to do it with a marketing campaign for their business? Nobody gets upset when a local businesses pay universities to plaster their signage all over the universities’ stadia. Folks shouldn’t get twisted when they pay for advertising with a few star players. There’s a market. It’ll settle itself.

 

[Alfred91]

This guy is from North Carolina. Yes that’s the state school with the make believe classes for athletes.

This guy is such an ignorant douche.

The money they make is going to be taxed, probably at the highest rate.

But because he wants to keep those uppity ummmmmmm college athletes down, he wants to **** up little Susie's tutoring gig.

 

[somebody]

This doesn't open wider any corruption door, it just makes some of the payments transparent, including to those who may have scruples and currently get nothing, assuming kids like that exist. The real question is: what do you have against scruples?