NCAA Must Show Us the Money

evansbastrop 08:19:34 AM Apr 07 2008

The ncaa needs to start making college atheletes take a 5th grade math exam unassisted before allowing them to play any sport. This would eliminate a lot of problems in college sports.

mteassociates 12:28:19 PM Mar 26 2008

hwhilgerlps3, you are not very knowledgeable about college or the student atheletes you are commenting on. your comment "it is a well known fact that most if not all athlet's use colleges and universities as a stepping stone to to enter professional leagues". Actually a very small percentage of student atheletes go on to professional sports and that is true for all sports including football. As far as the majority of scholarship money it is paid for by private donations and is not paid by the taxpayers. As far as the Student athelete leaving early for a professional contract? Atheletic scholarships are awarded on a yearly basis and may not be renewed without consequence to the student or the university. You are incorrect on pretty much every issue.

mteassociates 12:05:17 PM Mar 26 2008

I have always maintained that student atheletes should be paid a stipend. However, that, stipend should be an equal amount regardless of the sport and should be just a small amount that would allow a student athelete to live in the same manner as his/her fellow non-athelete peers. Read that as enough to go on a date and interact with friends in a social setting not buy a condo and a sports car. The reason you can't pay them some higher amount or allow an outside source such as an agent pay them is it undermines the athority of the University, the Coach, the Team, by making an individual out of them rather than a Team member. Also the vast majority of schools cannot afford the same things that a major football school can afford. Which is an unfair recruiting advantage. College atheletes are compensated fairly by their pespective universitys in the form of an education which is not cheap. Pay them a small stipend 10k a year or so to help them live like normal students or let them seek pa

robertnoir 12:07:03 AM Mar 17 2008

Hey, Kenbrz, you gotta get the story right, dude? If it's true and not extortion, it happened in San Diego and it wasn't an SC alumni or anyone with a connection to USC - it was an ex-con, wannabe agent, who had some dealings with Reggie's dad. The NFL rule that stops agents from talking to college players until after their eligibility is up is something that Pete Carroll pushed hard to enact. He lectures players about staying away from agent's until their career is up. He's done it ever since he's been at USC. If Carroll wanted to help Reggie get an agent, do you really think he'd recommend an ex-con with no real connections to the NFL? And if Reggie really did it, he has to be a moron because, by the way, he never signed with this guy and he had to know a firestorm would come from that. And if he did take the cash he obviously he only thought about himself and not the school, program and coaches who gave him so much. For right now, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doub

jcnbarb4rn 12:09:46 PM Feb 24 2008

If you are saying that the student athletes should be paid, you are not a college fan. You are just a journalist who thinks they know what is best for everybody else. The fact that the "student-athlete" doesn't get paid (except a completely free education) is what makes the college game great. The pro's don't care about winning, I mean if I was paid 10 million to play sports, winning and losing would not be the first thing on my mind. paying college athletes will ruin the game just like the NBA. The college players play for the name on the front of their jersery not the name on the back of their jersey.

stilleaglesfan 12:04:54 AM Feb 24 2008

Gwenn are you a man or a woman?

lewiscinjohn 09:24:34 PM Feb 18 2008

I guess you can't blame these coaches. If they don't win they are fired.The school lose all the big TV money. Its a no win situation.

hwhilgerlps3 11:33:47 PM Feb 17 2008

kenbz:

If I read your writing correctly than I must assume that there is much deliberate deception practiced to secure unlawful gain. If this should be the case, then there could also be the possiblity of tampering with grades to keep an excellent footbal player on the field, win championships and give the University undeserved prestige . In my humble opinion, sports in any Highschool or University should only played during the semester break or at a local level.

hwhilgerlps3 11:18:18 PM Feb 17 2008

it is a well known fact that most if not all athlet's use colleges and universities as a stepping stone to to enter professional leagues. Many of them are on a full scholarship, and now want to get paid for playing ball in a State University. If this is the case then they are to pay back their free scholarship,. Also the question I have, what happens when I student has a full ride scholarship and he leaves the university after 2 years to enter lets say the NFL , should he not have to pay back what he received from the University. I hope someone can answer that question. I am assume this free ride Scholarship is paid by the Taxpayers. Am I correct.?

kenbrz 06:08:20 PM Feb 16 2008

Bush got an opportunity for a great education. He got room and board for playing a game. Then he received $ 291,000 in additional benefits that we are to believe that USC knew nothing about. Somebody has got their head in the sand but it is not the NCAA. If the coach and his teammates could not tell he was receing more than regular tuition, books and room and board they were not paying attention. When Michigan found out about Webber they fired the coach. Indiana will probably do the same. Does USC have the integrity to fire their coach?