Miami case reason for college athletes to get endorsement deals

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Miami case reason for college athletes to get endorsement deals Monday, January 28, 2013 8:31 AM (permalink)
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I don't agree with Wetzel on everything in the article but it is interesting nonetheless. I do agree with him completely on the "sham" of amateurism. College athletics hasn't been amateur in 3 decades.
 

Yet in college athletics, one party (the school) not only claims it's perfectly cool for it to get paid, it celebrates the generosity by honoring the benefactors and naming student lounges and the like after them. Then, at the same time, school officials claim it's completely wrong and immoral for money to go directly to the other party (the players) and create a near federal case out of it that will destroy careers and cost millions of additional dollars they need other boosters to cover.

http://sports.yahoo.com/n...t-deals-224448879.html
 
 
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Re:Miami case reason for college athletes to get endorsement deals Monday, January 28, 2013 9:38 AM (permalink)
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The Miami situation is classic NCAA.  They first have to investigate themselves before they can get after Miami.  That is truly priceless. 

 
 
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Re:Miami case reason for college athletes to get endorsement deals Monday, January 28, 2013 7:23 PM (permalink)
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Skimmed the article. I'm kind of indifferent on paying college athletes.
 
If this were to happen...
 
Do we put a cap on how much a school could pay a player? 

 
 
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Re:Miami case reason for college athletes to get endorsement deals Monday, January 28, 2013 9:12 PM (permalink)
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He's not suggesting the universities pay players, he's saying open the market for players to take boosters or corporate money from say, Nike. 
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Re:Miami case reason for college athletes to get endorsement deals Monday, January 28, 2013 9:59 PM (permalink)
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Yayyyyy, everyone else would have Nike $$$, and we would have Adidass.......
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