Should college athletes be paid

I honestly don't think so. Honestly I think most college athletes get "incentives." If they get paid, then most other students will want to get paid as well. Like the debate team and all those other clubs will rise up wanting money.

Absolutely not.
No positives would stem from this whatsoever.

Theyre already getting full rides. And once they get paid to play they lose their amateur status so theyre gonna be able to get sponsored and shit. Like Rip said no good can come from this.

Yessir

If only some of y'all knew what went on behind the scenes.

Agreed with Rip and Dorado. Plus everyone knows they will just blow their money on booze, drugs, strip clubs, guns...etc.

Stupid Jalen Rose crying out on ESPN how they should get paid.

Stereotyping FTL DJT

You know dang right there would probably be at least 1 guy on most teams doing that. Especially in football, a whole mess of people would.

Meh...different opinions. Some guys also would need the money to support their families....

The good guys would do that sure.

What is this "behind the doors" stuff your talking about?

The recruitment of some star players..one of the guys in rip's sig wouldn't of went there if it wasn't for money.

A good portion of these guys are getting added perks from boosters/etc.

Their scholarship is their pay check. Most of these major colleges cost well over 20K a year to attend. That's plenty of money for a college student.

Not to mention, there are too many other athletes in lesser sports then Basketball and Football. How would you pay them or explain not paying them? Too many variables in this to pay them.

The Young One said:

The recruitment of some star players..one of the guys in rip's sig wouldn't of went there if it wasn't for money.

A good portion of these guys are getting added perks from boosters/etc.

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Oh yeah...totally agree with that. Look at my first post. I'd say there are a TON of players getting "incentives."

DJT said:

Oh yeah...totally agree with that. Look at my first post. I'd say there are a TON of players getting "incentives."

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Well we both agree on that then. NCAA won't ever allow guys to get paid.

And I hate the scholarship angle because from my knowledge these scholarships aren't for 4 years. They are renewed every year. BTW OTL had a good piece on how the SEC and big football programs cut guys and take away their scholarships to give to a new recruit or etc. And even if you get a ride you still have some kids filling out financial aid like D-Rose. So in essence the gov is paying for a bulk of their education. My problem is more with the NCAA then the Schools.

If I'm wrong on the scholarship stuff...correct me.

Paid by the NCAA? No.

But the bullshit people get suspended for I don't really give a damn about

What people fail to understand is that all division one athletes DO get paid. They don't get paid an obscene amount of money, but they receive enough money to help pay for food, books and other school related expenses. That on top of the free ride they're receiving to play a sport.

It's fine the way it is, in my opinion. If the NCAA were to allow programs to pay their players, you would have the same 5-10 schools being successful every year because no other schools could put up the kind of money to compete with them for recruits.

I do think they need to be a little more lenient with the memorabilia sales, though. If a player wants to sell his jersey, then he should be allowed to do so. The program and the NCAA itself makes millions of dollars because of that certain player and many others that fans pay to see.

College football is a shady business. There have been players getting paid for many years, and they're going to continue to be paid in the future regardless of whether or not it's "legal".

I really don't have a problem being paid by outside sources. But anything connected with the school is a no-no.

RipCity32 said:

I really don't have a problem being paid by outside sources. But anything connected with the school is a no-no.

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Outside sources = boosters

That's where a lot of the problems lie already.

Hurricane said:

Outside sources = boosters

That's where a lot of the problems lie already.

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I consider boosters different that the actual school though.
I guess I should of been more clear.

Paychecks from let's say MSU is a huge no.
Incentives from boosters from MSU? Sure. If that's how they wanna blow their money than so be it.

They are getting paid. But they're too young and ignorant to use the money wisely, so we pay them in the form of free education.

The boosters are practically the school.