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How soon will players not even have to enroll in classes...
Posted on 12/18/24 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 12/18/24 at 1:45 pm
This is where NIL is going. They are just going to be paid employees. This is the point that college football becomes unwatchable.
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Posted on 12/18/24 at 1:46 pm to mtb010
Probably not too far off.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 1:48 pm to mtb010
Dude are you serious. They aren't taking classes now.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 1:57 pm to MtVernon
I was going to say are they going to classes? Thought that ended for a lot of teams a few years ago
Posted on 12/18/24 at 2:03 pm to MtVernon
Having to show up to a class is racist.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 2:08 pm to Rubicon
Most are probably using NIL to pay others to do the work
Posted on 12/18/24 at 2:10 pm to mtb010
The schools should end the madness and take away all athletic scholarships. Make intercollegiate athletics what it should be. Society would benefit.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 2:22 pm to mtb010
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This is where NIL is going.
No, it isn't, and the suggestion is absurd.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 2:38 pm to mtb010
This year's heisman winner is an anthropology major.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 2:39 pm to mtb010
Football players only go to class if they want to, majority of their classes are taken online.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 2:56 pm to Cornelius
And deny all these future engineers their education? I see you haven't thought this through.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 2:59 pm to mtb010
Do they even attend class anymore? It seems like it's been a few years since I heard of anyone being academically ineligible.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 3:00 pm to mtb010
quote:Correct. Starting next season, universities will be “hiring” their athletes at $22 million per year (likely to increase). That was a part of the House v NCAA settlement.
They are just going to be paid employees.
This post was edited on 12/18/24 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 12/18/24 at 3:21 pm to ChiTownBammer
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And deny all these future engineers their education? I see you haven't thought this through.
"Well, the world needs ditch diggers too!"
- Judge Elihu Smails
Posted on 12/18/24 at 3:38 pm to mtb010
Made me think about academic eligibility. Schools ought to just make these so-called students maintain academic standards like the rest of the student body. Then if they don't qualify, no NIL, right?
Posted on 12/18/24 at 3:56 pm to Imber
Late 80’s I had an engineering class with a basketball player. Fall class during the season. Saw him first day of class and the final. Doubt many athletes today step foot on campus other than training facilities.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:00 pm to mtb010
They stopped going to class in 2005.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:01 pm to mtb010
I do not get what people are so upset about. College football has always been NFL farm teams and players have always gotten paid. Now it's just above the table and easier for all teams to do.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:02 pm to New Money
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No, it isn't, and the suggestion is absurd.
How is it absurd? I’m hearing that the Auburn QB is going to make 2.5 to 3 million next year in NIL… it may take that college professor 20 years to make the same amount of money… who is schooling who?
Posted on 12/18/24 at 4:15 pm to Quicksilver
At one time college football was a means to a college education, nice career and financial security. That was the goal. NFL opportunities happened for a few but it wasn’t expected. Today most of the elite recruits see NFL as the end goal. 17-18 years old, no life experience, no back up plan if they don’t make it to the NFL.
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