Originally posted by SanDiego49er:Originally posted by vrabbit:Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Totally stupid. You can't control what guys do off the field. They control themselves. And he won the National Championship.
but he found out about it and didn't do s**t
THAT was totally stupid
and really the whole system were these players don't get to make any money is TOTALLY STUPID, but that's a different discussion
It is kind of dumb. I think you would avoid a lot of problems if they even could make a small amount like $50,000 a year. Less guys would cheat. It would provide some basic living for them. And lets be honest they make millions in revenue for the University from game attendence, TV revenue and liscensing of offical attire.
50K?
I'd say 25K. Some kid who may not even be using his college education shouldn't be making 50K, c'mon SD