If a Computer Science student on full academic scholarship works for a HFT firm during the school year using their computer science/coding skills, should they also have to pay for their education?
Alabama QB Bryce Young At Almost $1 Million In Endorsement Fees
The anger people have about kids getting paid is hilarious to me.
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Not everybody has that feeling.
My argument is the short sidedness of fans not realizing the miss...Compound that with tax dollars in play and there is certainly a right to question things.
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Just make them independent contractors who provide their skills to the school. Don't even make them be students.
I mean, isn't that already pretty much the case? It doesn't take much to figure out that a lot of the athletes aren't graduating with much of an actual education. Sure seems like there's a lot of "assistance" and very sympathetic teachers involved.
This whole thing is a Pandora's Box, it'll be interesting to watch it unfold.
Thats one of the things that concerns me with NIL. The rich are going to get richer and get even more of the best recruits because they can promise them more endorsement money.
Thats not to say that I think NIL is a bad idea. These schools are getting rich off of these kids and they deserve to make money off of their names but I could see NIL being a room boom for the big schools and hurting the smaller schools.
Agreed. This thread has been a joy to read.
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I agree with your prediction. Players want the $$ but none of the responsibilities and that’s the University’s fault? A year ago, I would have agreed that it was partly the universities fault for not educating the athletes more and preparing them for life after college sports.Yeah, it will help big historic schools and schools in big cities. Can't imagine K-state in Manhattan, KS will be able to compete, but that's not something new. The sad thing is some schools are doing things to support the kids and educate them, but i'm sure others aren't doing crap. And I suspect the contracts these kids sign have tons of 'outs' for the companies, aka that kid doesn't win the starting job, cut. He posts something dumb online, cut. He throws 3 picks against Miami in the opener, cut.
I predict in about 12 months we'll be hearing a story about how XYZ kids are unavailable for the 2022 football season because they forgot to pay their taxes.
The “student athletes” are savvy enough to retain employees (lawyers/agents) to represent them… why not a financial team? Or do they not want responsibilities that come with the money?
Don’t want to pay for an accountant? They’re at a university for $#^% sake… Take a class in financial management…. Someone remind them they’re now being paid AND on full scholarship, so those classes are free. Perhaps taking a class may be too much to ask given their busy schedules and limited time due to practice, games and sponsor obligations.
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Agree with you. I’ll go you one further, and think I think I’ve said this before. Turn the programs into a sports franchise, owned by the university. Pay the players and treat the league for what it is… the feeder system for the big leagues.
If an athlete wants to avail themselves of an education, by all means, make that available to them.
So this was a good investment assuming you can quantify the ROI 
He earned it