FC/OT: Former NBA draft pick enrolls in college.
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I thought about posting this He even played in an NBA summer league, I understand they're claiming he never signed an NBA contract but entering the draft, which he did, should disqualify him.
Does this mean Rojas can enter the draft and then come back if he doesn't get drafted or does but doesn't like who takes him?
It's a mess.
Sadly, I think people will always be willing to spend money for their team. Guys like Cuban, Portnoy, etc love feeling like they're relevant to that team's success.
Does this mean Rojas can enter the draft and then come back if he doesn't get drafted or does but doesn't like who takes him?
It's a mess.
Sadly, I think people will always be willing to spend money for their team. Guys like Cuban, Portnoy, etc love feeling like they're relevant to that team's success.
Horse crap! If a full scholarship isn't enough, find something else to do. How much do jocks contribute to the classroom, anyway? As with so many things in our culture, the tail wags the dog. The purpose of higher education is personal growth and intellectual development, not paying mercenaries to tackle and shoot baskets. If they want to get paid, Amazon is hiring.
I get what you're saying but players should have been paid for decades now based on the revenue they're helping yo create. The TV deals prove that.
What caused the current nonsense is programs and coaches fought hard to prevent it so it left it in the hands of the courts. The players won the right to profit off NIL. That was inevitable and now it is what it is.
Not good enough. Played it in their summer league before the season and never could make it onto the roster.
Either one would make a more after graduation than the typical Liberal Arts grad.
I am sure that made you feel good to say that, but the reality is very different. The schools make billions of dollars off football. The players certainly deserve a cut of that revenue. Your argument made sense perhaps in the 1950s or 60s, but since then football has been a profit machine for universities like PSU. It also drives enrollment at the university.
No, the players worthy of a scholarship get that to play for the school of their choice. Depending on the school, a fully paid tuition scholarship with room and board is worth 200K, give or take. They contribute that back to the athletic department and the university, some more than others. At the end of the day, if they apply themselves, they have a degree that cost them sweat and tears. The university gets what they can contribute on and off the field. That goes for scholarship athletes in revenue and non-revenue producing sports. The idea that a high school kid can earn more as a freshman than some of their professors is a damn obscenity. Like I said, if their interest is income, let them work for a living.
Sorry, I cannot agree with that when the university makes obscene profits on football. The players deserve a significant cut. I would agree that the NIL system is in drastic need of regulation, but I believe that will be more be an organic process as donor interest falls off the cliff nationally when their favorite players portal out consistently. In terms of increasing the compensation of professors, that funding is already there. Chop half of the administration of any university and reallocate budgetary funding to areas such as professor compensation.
And all are more noble professions than law.
I think most people would agree, including me.And all are more noble professions than law.