You don’t have to be a “serf” to deserve a slice of the multi-billion dollar pie you play a significant part in.
I dont think it is that simple
It certainly wasnt right that coaches were making multi millions and athletes were “only” getting free college - but the coaches were primarily the only ones making money.
But Does it make sense that my sons tuition includes a 4 figure charge for athletics with NIL? I am not sure that makes sense. I am ok paying to have good athletics but if the end result is they just transfer once they get good- that doesnt seem right
A counter argument is that coaches have always had the transfer portal
Maybe they need to become employees instead of college students. I wish there was a pro league and a college league but I am afraid it is too late and there is no way to put the toothpaste back in the tube
Seems like your gripe is with the school for reaping in these massive revenues and still charging 4 figures for athletics as part of tuition.
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It wasn’t just the coaches making money. It is/was school administrators, conference administrators, television executives, third-party vendors (Learfield, etc), coaching/admin search firms, apparel companies, bowl execs, and I’m sure many more I’m not thinking of.
And I also agree schools charging students 4-figure fees for teams they don’t support is asinine.
Miami and its comparble school are hardly reaping millions of bucks from collegiate sports. If/when you wind up paying for your kiddies college you’ll find you need to make about $65+ k pre taxes to pay for in state book and fees. Out of state, alot more, private school a ton more yet again. Thats more than most people make. That’s more than my daughter made as a public school teacher in Houston public schools coming out of college. (Battle pay) IF they get a degree they’ll have much better opportunitees than most high school grads. There are worse deals to be had for a 2 or 3 star undersized offensive tackles coming out of high school that couldn’t afford school any other way.
Curious—what do you think Chuck Martin ought to make, given the above thoughts?
I think the evolution of the sport has opened the door to more Malcolm Gladwell type opinions regarding whether public and private educational institutions should even be in the business of running an entertainment enterprise that taxes their students to pay professional athletes participating in a sport - particularly one with a high incidence of orthopedic injury and one that is linked to CTE. The fact that the percentage of minority students playing the game is now a majority - and is steadily increasing - could also be the subject of scrutiny.
“Should the operation of professional sports franchises continue to be part of the mission of educational institutions” could be the core question to be addressed in the debate.
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Except most of the top tier talent never wanted to go to college. They were only forced into that route due to the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement and lack of a minor league. Anyone think that Joey Bosa or Vince Young would have gone to college if they could have made 150K playing minor league ball for a year or two before moving up to the NFL? It’s hard to expect those types of kids to fall on their knees in gratitude when they’re being “compensated” with something that is viewed as a necessary annoyance rather than a thing of value.
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I’ve wondered that myself and have asked a number of smart people (and even posed the question on this board), and no one seems to know the answer as to whether that’s a possibility at this point.
The only pushback I got was that the players hold all the cards now, so there’s no reason for them to sign multiyear deals because they can just go to another school that won’t.
Sacramento State is moving to FBS and appears to be ready to hire Michael Vick as head coach. That’s not entirely the news. They supposedly have $50 million in NIL money. Sacramento State??
Ron Mexico?
No way!!!
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They have $50 million in “commitments.” I have $740 million in “commitments” from tomorrow’s Mega Millions drawing.
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Sounds like Xerox stock
The old Bowl Stadium that seated somewhere between 35k and 47k.
It would have been awesome. Unless, of course, only 12k showed up for games.