News Article: NCAA poised to create separate division for SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12, Big 12

[KrAzY3]

My question is can a school like, let's say Colorado, afford to pay every one of their athletes? As stated earlier, only a few schools even operate with a small profit as it stands now.

Who cares? Why is that any concern of ours?

Another thing that is worth mentioning is the EXTREME difference between the time commitments a student-athlete has vs. a regular student. For a regular student in say accounting or political science, the quality of the job they get out of college is almost solely dependent on a successful internship - I know the Big 4 accounting firm I worked for did 90% of their campus recruiting with internships. (Paid internships, btw)

How many of our players would be allowed to miss spring camp to go on their internship or co-op? Free college is free college and is very valuable, but let's not pretend that if football doesn't work out that they will be on equal footing in the job market with other grads from their major.

The restrictions that the players face are so severe that any sort of job or income seems almost out of the question. The NCAA has gone after people over a BBQ. A person has been suspended over a golf cart ride. The NCAA specifically prohibits doing anything to capitalize on their prowess or popularity as athletes (I remember they wouldn't even let an Olympian play football because he'd had endorsements), so it isn't just the demand on their time, it's the fact that what you or I could do without being questioned, becomes a violation for a football player. You literally can't even take a free meal, or a loan from a friend.

I doubt most of us really get it into our heads what it would be like to get suspended because you borrowed a few dollars from someone, or to get fired because you had someone over your house to eat, but that's the world of the NCAA. Most people who are being judgmental, I don't think they realize how caged these people have been by the NCAA.

 

[stew0729]

Players do get paid to play. They don't have the $50,000 loans to pay back that other students do when they get finished. They are getting paid with something worth a lot more than money, and that is the ability to compete in the real world when football is no longer a viable option. For the majority of these players that is sooner than later. Hence the saying "give a man a fish he eats for a day, but teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime".

 

[CrimsonProf]

Players do get paid to play. They don't have the $50,000 loans to pay back that other students do when they get finished. They are getting paid with something worth a lot more than money, and that is the ability to compete in the real world when football is no longer a viable option. For the majority of these players that is sooner than later. Hence the saying "give a man a fish he eats for a day, but teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime".

You meant to put that in blue, right?

 

[CullmanTide]

Sounds like the 'EXPANSION THREADS' will fire up again this summer.

Won't be surprised to see some of the better mid-major teams looking for a home with the big boys.
It sounds like a big Independent team we used for a door mat, will be looking to join a conference now. (Not ours)

Unless they have something significant to offer they wont get a sniff. Other than BYU or one of the Academy's who could move up?