Oso planning to go pro
Give me a break. The kid that just decommitted from SMU signed a 1 year deal in China for $1.2M.
There are lots of professions with restrictions. I could study for years to be an expert in medicine, but not want to pay for medical school. I would still be banned from ever practicing that trade, even if I was far superior from my independent training.I could become an expert in the legal field and publish article after article in legal journals, but would be banned from practicing law unless I went to law school.
That's the beauty of Bayless' argument. He's not advocating that schools squeeze their athletic departments budgets to pay the players, he's just saying let boosters -- volunteers willing to foot the bill -- have the ability to toss away as much of their own personal wealth as they want in order to recruit/compensate players. He's really saying just legalize what many schools, especially in the SEC, already are doing under the table, so every booster can have the equal right to willingly toss money recruits way.
I'm guessing you really don't know the facts. The only options he had to play basketball were the Far East where he could earn real money or the D-League where he would make less than someone working at Starbucks. That's it!And the only reason this is the case is that all the rich, capitalist, free-marketers are only rich, capitalist, free-marketers when their own pockets are getting lined.
Jay Bilas once described how it would work ...Big time blue chip recruit gets 300k plus tuition. Big time recruit, agrees to stay 2 years, maintain a 2.5 GPA and not get arrested. If big time recruit leaves early, fails to keep grades or gets busted, the contract details fine and damages big time recruit must pay.Finally since big time recruit is getting paid, he can hire tutors (the school can provide a list if interested) and an accountant to pay taxes.
Poor kid. He had to go all the way to the "Far East" to earn some money ($1.2M) playing basketball. Jeez, I really hope he doesn't have a long morning commute to the gym everyday. Maybe he should file a grievance...
Yup. An 18 year old kid has to go to a different country, different culture, different language, different game for what reason?Oh, because in his own country, he is banned from trying to make it in the NBA.Ah.... the Land of Opportunity.
You are equating profession that can determine whether a person lives or dies with basketball? Let's not get silly while we make our arguments.
Awesome. This is going to be so great. Incredibly well thought out, too. I can't wait for the game fixing kicks in, when the holdouts start happening, etc. It's going to be awesome.
Can we pinpoint the size of the SEC under the table scheme? Or is it more rare than reality and has a life of its own? Sure, there is Cam Newton and certainly others. Obviously others that haven't been caught, but one wonders how much of it is also built up as myth, too. Do not think anyone knows this answer, but I suspect bigger in the imagination than reality. Maybe if Bayless could use his expert journalistic skills to expose how big the problem is he would have more supporters on this, but until he can define the problem accurately his solution may be opening up the abuse many X times. His argument is the old "well they're doing it anyway so just legalize it". That has gone haywire over the years in many examples.
Ners claimed he couldn't think of a single profession. Those are the most obvious and thus are fine for an argument of that sort. Whether their should be restrictions is a whole different argument compared to whether there are other examples of it occurring.The fact is, that there are a lot of restrictions requiring a specific amount of training and proof of ability before one can be employed in specific professions.The reason I picked the examples I did, is because it involves a group within that profession (doctors, lawyers, CPA's) that dictate the requirements to joint the 'club'. Just like the players associations help dictate what is required in their discipline.
But the reaction to an overly regulated system isn't complete anarchy. I am all for enhanced benefits, and I don't care one lick if scholarships for Olympic sports are diminished as a result. I am also not opposed to athletes cashing in on their likeness in some way.But just turning everyone loose I don't think is the answer.I'm also not going to buy into Chico's hyperbole that its the end of the world if athletes get more money either.
Yep. And add teachers, dental hygieinsts and plenty of other occupations - which don't determine whether people live or die - that have minimum requirements before you can make a living. A huge portion of our economy is filled with people who had to go to a certain amount of schooling and pass various tests to be eligible for their occupation.
Why is it required that the football and basketball teams pay for all the non revenue sports? Is the business school required to pay for the English department? Is the engineering program required to pay for the philosophy department?Schools will make a determination if the want more than two sports teams (football and basketball). My guess is the Olympic sports will be fine.
Yes but the national association of dental hygienists, or the national association of teachers did not pass rule requiring an age requirement for employment. The national basketball association does have an age requirement.Age discrimination is something recognized by the law, education discrimination is not.
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.
The NFL is a monopoly. In fact, it was ruled so in a court of law in the USFL trial - even though damages were only $1, it doesn't invalidate the ruling. If you want to earn money playing football in the United States, you have little choice but to kowtow to the monopoly. Its requirement that an athlete spend three years in college is arbitrary, unnecessary and self-serving. I would like to see some athletes fight it in court; the problem is that the deep-pocketed NFL would cause so many delays in any legal proceeding that the athlete would be at least a college junior by the time he'd get heard anyway.
Maurice Clarett fought it in the courts and he lost.
In a free-market society, these people are free to pursue their professions of choice without the requirement of a college degree. Some choose to study acting, singing, violin and dance, but the professional powers-that-be who control the purse strings do not require such study. Nor do they place arbitrary age limits on the pursuit of the profession.
Clarett Won in lower court, narrowly reversed on appeal.
If by "narrowly" you mean "unanimously," you would be right.