College QB 8 Million for two years.

[SaltyMonkey]

The NCAA has really screwed up college athletics.

Highest-paid player in college football history? Transfer QB Darian Mensah's Duke deal is sign of times

$5 million budgets become $15 million and $10 million become $25 million in a market rife with NIL inflation

www.cbssports.com

 

[SL66]

And so the countdown to his self destruction begins.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

college athletes getting paid is a joke!

 

[mikep]

College/university has become a joke all around. It is a business. They are more concerned with amenities (gyms, starbucks on campus, high-end dorms, etc…) to attract student rather than staying true to the true intent of education. I have worked in academia for more than 20 years and it is really sad to see the administration prioritize enrollment numbers and athletics over the core mission.
Don’t even get me started on foreign students…

 

[PAGunGuy]

I don't mind the concept. College sports, especially football and basketball, are big money items. I don't have a problem with the athletes making some money for their product.
But I don't think it's being handled correctly

 

[HansGruber]

I don't mind the concept. College sports, especially football and basketball, are big money items. I don't have a problem with the athletes making some money for their product.
But I don't think it's being handled correctly

They ARE making money; a free ride education.

 

[Equalizer]

College/university has become a joke all around. It is a business. They are more concerned with amenities (gyms, starbucks on campus, high-end dorms, etc…) to attract student rather than staying true to the true intent of education. I have worked in academia for more than 20 years and it is really sad to see the administration prioritize enrollment numbers and athletics over the core mission.
Don’t even get me started on foreign students…

I have a close friend of mine which will remain nameless who worked directly with athletes at Villanova for years. It was understood that academics was SECOND and sports was first. Fast forward, he completed his career at Princeton and it was understood that academics was FIRST and sports were second. Go figure...

 

[The Night Rider]

I mean, if the university is paying him $8 million dollars over the course of his education they're certainly making more than that off of him.

More power to him.

 

[Shibadog]

college athletes getting paid is a joke!

I’m so old I remember when the purpose of college was to provide higher education

 

[PAGunGuy]

They ARE making money; a free ride education.

that's saving money, not making money.

 

[HansGruber]

that's saving money, not making money.

It’s a form of remuneration; no different than getting paid the cost if the education.

 

[Bassbob]

They ARE making money; a free ride education.

Which is wasted on the majority of them.

 

[PAGunGuy]

lIt’s a form of remuneration; no different than getting paid the cost if the education.

Sure
But again, the NCAA makes a lot, a crap ton, of money off the players. So, nothing wrong with the players getting some of that

$1.155 billion
The NCAA makes approximately $1.155 billion from football, including television and marketing rights, championship and NIT tournaments, investment income, sales, and contributions1. However, the NCAA has no direct involvement in the operation of the top tier of Division I football, which brings in about $470 million annually to the conferences that participate2.

 

[Keystone19250]

I saw an article recently…….
“Can’t remember where”
A football player picked a college that had offered him a full scholarship, the reason he chose that particular school was the scholarship had no academic requirements.
Basically the school said we don’t care if you learn a life skill we are paying for you to play football.
How sad is that…..

 

[Shibadog]

I saw an article recently…….
“Can’t remember where”
A football player picked a college that had offered him a full scholarship, the reason he chose that particular school was the scholarship had no academic requirements.
Basically the school said we don’t care if you learn a life skill we are paying for you to play football.
How sad is that…..

And people wonder why we have folks with college degrees who can’t read or do basic math