New York Times on Sam Keller/EA Lawsuit: "It's about much more than video games"

[loccdogg26]

The NCAA's new slogan should be "hypocrisy at its finest".

[MrOctober430]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Death

What's really funny is I named a guy in the game 'Sam Keller.' Only when he dropped back to pass, the announcer said, "Cry Baby drops back to pass..."

Seriously?

[thedudedominick]

If anything this should be more targeted at the NCAA. They are the ones making the most money off of "likenesses" of players. Think about all the unnamed jerseys that get sold, when we really know exactly what player each jersey is for. When you see an Ohio State fan wearing a number 2 jersey, it isn't because they like the number. It is because of Pryor.

I am not in favor of putting the money in the pockets of the players, except for maybe the same amount of money they could get working a part time job every month, because I am a college student and know any extra money I have rarely goes to anything productive.

[SaintsTheMetal]

Quote: Originally Posted by thedudedominick

I am not in favor of putting the money in the pockets of the players, except for maybe the same amount of money they could get working a part time job every month, because I am a college student and know any extra money I have rarely goes to anything productive.

fyi every team I know of gives its players quite a bit more than we would get working part time at minimum wage.. not even counting the scholarship which can be worth 30k+.. that's why I really have no problem with a school marketing players, they already are giving us so much.

But it is really dumb how the NCAA makes SO much, I mean really what do they even do?? I remember the talk ESPN was saying about how the new superconferences could be moving away from the NCAA, wouldn't that just be awesome!

[thedudedominick]

Quote: Originally Posted by SaintsTheMetal

fyi every team I know of gives its players quite a bit more than we would get working part time at minimum wage.. not even counting the scholarship which can be worth 30k+.. that's why I really have no problem with a school marketing players, they already are giving us so much.

See, the way people talk about the athletes you would assume they get basically nothing. I did not know this.

[Jr.]

Quote: Originally Posted by SaintsTheMetal

fyi every team I know of gives its players quite a bit more than we would get working part time at minimum wage.. not even counting the scholarship which can be worth 30k+.. that's why I really have no problem with a school marketing players, they already are giving us so much. But it is really dumb how the NCAA makes SO much, I mean really what do they even do?? I remember the talk ESPN was saying about how the new superconferences could be moving away from the NCAA, wouldn't that just be awesome!

Players do get stipends along with scholarships if they are on a full-ride (which every college football and basketball player, and a couple of other sports that give full-rides, has if they have a scholarship) but I'm not exactly sure how much it is that they get. But your second point speaks more to the issue, the NCAA makes billions of dollars every year off of D1 college football and basketball players. The players should be entitled to some of that money, especially when the NCAA directly endorses those players.

[stlstudios189]

These players get free room and tution, meals, etc.. Times that by 5 years and you are looking at $100,000 in perks, and hopefully a degree that they can use for life. I still have my $25,000 in loans left for the next 14 years. Plus if they divided up the $$ evenly for this it would end up being like $50 a year. There are 80 players on 120 teams for a total of 96,000 players to pay.

[SaintsTheMetal]

Quote: Originally Posted by thedudedominick

See, the way people talk about the athletes you would assume they get basically nothing. I did not know this.

It's not much, but its supposed to be enough to pay for housing, food, transportation, etc.. and a little a spending money. Usually amounts to about $1k per month (can only speak for a couple of schools though.)

Quote: Originally Posted by Baughn3

Players do get stipends along with scholarships if they are on a full-ride (which every college football and basketball player, and a couple of other sports that give full-rides, has if they have a scholarship) but I'm not exactly sure how much it is that they get. But your second point speaks more to the issue, the NCAA makes billions of dollars every year off of D1 college football and basketball players. The players should be entitled to some of that money, especially when the NCAA directly endorses those players.

The thing is to me, that if you start letting players get a cut from EA Sports, then you suddenly have players getting endorsements from Nike, Underarmor, everyone. Once these sponsorships come is the point that worries both me and I'm sure the NCAA and schools, because at that point players may start choosing schools based on money (potentially BIG money) rather than reasons that they should be chosen for. IMO a prospect would start to think why would you go to Northwestern for an excellent education when you can go to Ohio State and get endorsement deals from 4,000 different businesses that have a significant market in Ohio.