NCAA Loses O'Bannon Trial

[Brandon]

From USA Today:

 

The NCAA had nearly $913 million in total revenue in fiscal 2013, according to the statement.

 

And that's for one season. I stand by my statement: The NCAA has made billions off college athletes.

 

Off college athletics, not athletes themselves.

 

Situations where guys like O'Bannon were on videogame covers or directly used is the issue.

 

Nobody cares who the QB is at Morehead St., just that they beat their rivals and that's what sells, not the athletes themselves.

[mtangelsfan]

Couldn't you say that about professional sports as well.  Except for a top few fans follow teams, not individuals.

 

I've been an Angels fan for 40 years and I have my favorite players but the only constant is the team.

[Brandon]

Apples and oranges because of who is paid.

[mtangelsfan]

Apples and oranges because of who is paid.

 

Not really.  professional sports teams get money but players still reap the benefits of having their images utilized by others to make money.  Why shouldn't college athletes?

[Brandon]

I don't disagree when images are used.

 

But professional athletes sign up to be paid employees, student athletes sign up for education.

 

No one goes to a Michigan/Ohio St. game to tailgate all day anxiously awaiting to see an All-American long snapper.

 

I have no problems with student athletes being paid that have their images/rights used for profit. But simply because college sports make a lot of money shouldn't mean athletes should be paid.

[nate]

To be fair, most student athletes that go to Michigan and Ohio State can barely spell their name, let alone care about an education.

[Lou]

Michigan is a great school

[mtangelsfan]

I don't disagree when images are used.

 

But professional athletes sign up to be paid employees, student athletes sign up for education.

 

No one goes to a Michigan/Ohio St. game to tailgate all day anxiously awaiting to see an All-American long snapper.

 

I have no problems with student athletes being paid that have their images/rights used for profit. But simply because college sports make a lot of money shouldn't mean athletes should be paid.

 

Yeah, the using names and images are what I'm referring to.  It is what the case is about and I think it is a pretty fair demarkation of who should get paid and who shouldn't.

[Tank]

To be fair, most student athletes that go to Michigan can barely spell their name, let alone care about an education.

 

fixed.

[nate]

Michigan is a great school

 

Academically so is Ohio St.  They don't have standards when it comes to their athletes though.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Off college athletics, not athletes themselves.

 

I suppose that these sports were played without them.

[Brandon]

Or......what would 300 lbs. men being doing on a college campus if the schools had not erected programs, stadiums, hired staff, and invested a ton of money and resources into the program?

 

It goes both ways.

 

In the normal world when you are a contract employee and the company surpasses its projections do you think Suzy in HR gets more money? Steve in IT?

 

I don't like the NCAA, but think the idea of handing money out simply because people know how much is made in their business is pretty crazy.