Full scholarships is quite a charitable offering which for four years at some schools including room and board is in the neighborhood of 150-200 grand. Not bad. Probably more than some Minor leagues if they decided to go play baseball instead out of high school.
It’s not changing that much. Only a couple bad apples who didn’t get their payday in professional ranks. And again this is being driven by NFL who doesn’t want these kids at 17 or 18.
So, why doesn’t the NFL want them out of high school?
But your argument falls apart at "charitable". It's not charity. It's for the exchange of playing a sport. Also, who sets the price of the cost of attendance? Do you really believe that just because a school charges the average student $30,000 a year to attend that it actually costs the school $30,000 a year for any student to attend? You are basing your number on an inflated figure that the school makes up. I am still not sure why any numbers from the school even matters. The school is NOT paying them anything in this new proposition. You basically want the kids to stay broke just because that's the way its always been done. I can sort of see what you are saying if somehow money was being diverted from the schools pockets to pay the student athletes, but its not (although I'd probably disagree there too). Once again, the school doesn't own their image and likeness so if someone wants to hook the kid up for marketing purposes there should be no issue.
Of course it’s relevant. Without the NFL there is no venue for them to aspire too. It’s the NFL which is ultimately controlling this situation. The NCAA is just a conduit.
I’m not sure we are fully appreciating what a full scholarship means especially for many of these student athletes who probably wouldn’t be afforded an opportunity otherwise.
Whether that's true or not doesn't change the fact that it's not charity. Nor does it change the fact that true "cost" and "value" of the scholarship are irrelevant to what's being proposed. The schools aren't paying the kids. You can't seem to get past that.
The point is maintaining their Amateur status. Which can’t be done if they’re receiving compensation for endorsements.
The NFL could flip their rule at any time just like the NBA has if they felt these athletes could help them win now.
The NCAA is the one defining what "amateur status" is. Olympic athletes are considered amateurs and they get paid.
I certainly don’t consider Olympic athletes Amateur any longer. Not sure who would with professional athletes participating.
Apparently you don't believe in the Amateur status of student athletes. And I wouldn’t reinvent the wheel for a few exceptions.
I believe it’s an awesome mechanism for most student athletes to gain an education. All of this fuss for a very small portion of athletes who will receive their payday when they turn professional.
