Anti trust claim filed Jeffrey Kessler challenges NCAA amateur model

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

A couple of points.

First off, do you realize that even if you are NOT ON SCHOLARSHIP you are still 100% under the NCAA rules and regulations. So, if you say "Screw it - I'll pay my own way", you still could not go get a job as a summer time basketball trainer and keep your eligibility. Pretty extreme in my book.

Second, I am in no way suggesting that the athletes get paid by the schools. Don't like that idea - don't want to open that Pandora's box.

What I am strongly suggesting is that the NCAA allow student athletes to be treated the same as regular students and allow student athletes the ability to earn some income while in school. Some limits, for sure. In my opinion in line with what the typical college student can earn in a part time job.

So if Johnny Football wants to offer clinics at his HS and charge the kids $100 for the week, I have absolutely no problem with that. But the NCAA would...

After all the public service announcements and the NCAA's adoption of the term "student-athlete" (Note - the student is always first!), it's time the NCAA treat the athletes like students and give them the same opportunities to earn income while they are in school.

While I am in favor of students using their God given skill to make money, there has to be some outside auditing of the income made by student-athletes to make sure that they are actually working to earn their money. Remember the car dealer and the no-show jobs down in Oklahoma?

 

[GopherinPhilly]

Part of the argument by the student athletes is that they can't earn outside money and they can't negotiate their own value. Except unlike the rookie salary caps in pro sports, the student athletes didn't get collective bargaining to set the value of their scholarship.

You all act like the full ride covers every cost a student has. It doesn't, especially if that student has a family and lives off campus. But that student can't work to earn money because of the restrictions.

Lastly, the idea that a scholarship can't include a stipend is idiotic. Before deciding to forgo grad school in Economics, I was offered several opportunities to attain my PHd while working on a research team that included a full ride and a stipend for expenses and the opportunity to earn outside money on personal projects.

As an undergrad I was on an academic scholarship my last two years and was being paid as both a TA and as a tutor by the U of M. If I was a student-athlete, the U wouldn't have been able to pay me for my work and cover my education. The double standard forced on the schools by the NCAA is illegal IMO and will end up being tossed out in court sometime in the next 3 years (prediction).

 

[Gopherguy0723]

Part of the argument by the student athletes is that they can't earn outside money and they can't negotiate their own value. Except unlike the rookie salary caps in pro sports, the student athletes didn't get collective bargaining to set the value of their scholarship.

You all act like the full ride covers every cost a student has. It doesn't, especially if that student has a family and lives off campus. But that student can't work to earn money because of the restrictions.

Lastly, the idea that a scholarship can't include a stipend is idiotic. Before deciding to forgo grad school in Economics, I was offered several opportunities to attain my PHd while working on a research team that included a full ride and a stipend for expenses and the opportunity to earn outside money on personal projects.

As an undergrad I was on an academic scholarship my last two years and was being paid as both a TA and as a tutor by the U of M. If I was a student-athlete, the U wouldn't have been able to pay me for my work and cover my education. The double standard forced on the schools by the NCAA is illegal IMO and will end up being tossed out in court sometime in the next 3 years (prediction).

You are correct.