Well, the first reason is, I don't think all players will be receiving money. So, whoever doesn't will not be too happy about it at some point. Whenever there are unhappy players there is resentment and that leads to bad chemistry. All your expamples are all persons employed.
Hopefully that is not what is going to happen to college football, but I am not optimistic.
I have dropped being an nfl fan, for various reasons. If college football is going to be the minor league of the nfl, I will probably move on from there as well.
Money for the players, in general, is probably good in college, as a lot of the schools and ncaa make a lot of money off it. But in my world, I would have a trust account setup for each player and any moneys for that player go into the trust, available to him/her upon graduation (or some major obstacle to be pre-determined, such as death of family members, etc).
They'll fix it the same way the NFL manages...the quarterback who makes $10 million a year will buy a nice watch or something for all his linemen that make $1 million.
If we have a QB that makes $100K, you don't think you're going to see him and his linemen at Ruth's Chris on Sunday night? You bet you will. And there you have chemistry.
I like to approach things with optimism and let them play out before I make a hardened opinion.
I thought surely, by now, someone would have regulated or amended this obviously disastrous path that collegiate sports is on. I think we have enough hardcore evidence at this point to know that the current course is not healthy for the majority of universities sponsoring athletics. Hard to not let it get you down.
Collegiate athletics are on a dangerous path. If the number of schools that have a chance for real success are greatly reduced, interest will wane significantly. I think the powers that be know that but have no idea how to fix it. I think you will see the requirement to sit out a year before transferring reinstated soon. That is the only short term fix available.
……..How about this situation? Among the various things in my life, I was the first academic advisor for athletics at UL….tough gig with one secretary…..just wondering if a teacher is offered $20k by an athlete for a passing grade when the grade determined the kid’s eligibility……extra bucks for the prof, athlete can now play, the team increases it’s chances of winning, Hell, maybe the academic dude gets a cut (kidding)…well???
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