Wednesday, October 2, 2019

A Proposal For Compensating Student-Athletes



The bill that passed in California this week -- which would allow college athletes to hire agents and negotiate endorsement deals (beginning in 2023) -- has taken the paying of student-athletes to an all new level. 

The challenge here is we're probably only talking about a very few college athletes who would benefit from this legislation...

Six years ago -- I proposed this idea -- a way the NCAA could direct some form of compensation to all scholarship student athletes.  Here's what I posted on September 2, 2013:

It's simply this -- create a "pension program" for all NCAA Division I scholarship athletes.  It would look something like this:

  • The NCAA would create a pension program that they and each of the 340 Division I member institutions would agree to contribute to -- out of television and licensing revenues each year.
  • Eligibility:  Every NCAA Division I "student-athlete" -- who signed a National Letter of Intent out of high school with their original school, was on this team's roster a minimum of four academic school years and received a (four-year) college degree from that same institution. 
  • Pension Benefit Payments would be available to the qualified student-athlete once they reach the age of 65.

Here's what this proposed program does for college athletics:
  1. It requires student-athletes to remain in college all four-years and earn a degree.
  2. It puts some 'monetary value' in remaining at the school you signed your original National Letter of Intent with.
  3. And, it treats "every scholarship student-athlete" the same -- no matter what school you played for or sport you played.

For those who feel the requirements are too severe -- the NCAA could easily pay out a "lesser percentage" to those who transferred to another school or, failed to play all four years or graduate...

What do you think?

Inside Notre Dame Football -- Virginia Game


Golden Tate Returns From NFL Suspension

 

 

Sunday, September 29, 2019

Games Played by Top 10 Teams vs. Ranked...


Took a look at the AP Top 10 and the difficulty of their schedules to date -- and what is left for the balance of the season...

#1 CLEMSON
  • 52 - 14 (W) over Georgia Tech
  • 24 - 10 (W) over #23 Texas A&M
  • 41 - 6 (W) over Syracuse
  • 52 - 10 (W) over Charlotte
  • 21 - 20 (W) over North Carolina 
  • No more game against ranked opponents

#2  ALABAMA
  • 42 - 3 (W) over Duke
  • 62 - 10 (W) over New Mexico State
  • 47 - 23 (W) over South Carolina
  • 49 - 7 (W) over Southern Mississippi
  • 59 -31 (W) over Mississippi
  • 3 games left against ranked opponents

#3  GEORGIA
  • 30 - 6 (W) over Vanderbilt
  • 63 - 17 (W) over Murray State
  • 55 - 10 (W) over Arkansas State
  • 23 - 17 (W) over #10 Notre Dame
  • 3 games left against ranked opponents

#4  LSU
  • 55 - 3 (W) over Georgia Southern
  • 45 - 38 (W) over #11 Texas
  • 65 - 14 (W) over Northwestern State 
  • 66 - 38 (W) over Vanderbilt
  • 4 games left against ranked opponents

#5  OHIO STATE
  • 45 - 21 (W) over Florida Atlantic
  • 42 - 0 (W) over Cincinnati
  • 51 - 10 (W) over Indiana
  • 76 - 5 (W) over Miami of Ohio
  • 48 - 7 (W) over Nebraska
  • 4 games left against ranked opponents

#6  OKLAHOMA
  • 49 - 31 (W) over Houston
  • 70 - 14 (W) over South Dakota
  • 48 - 14 (W) over UCLA
  • 55 - 16 (W) over Texas Tech
  • 2 games left against ranked opponents

#7  AUBURN
  • 27 - 21 (W) over #13 Oregon
  • 24 - 6 (W) over Tulane
  • 55 - 16 (W) over Kent State
  • 28 - 20 (W) over #23 Texas A&M
  • 56 -23 (W) over Mississippi State
  • 4 games left against ranked opponents

#8  WISCONSIN
  • 49 - 0 (W) over South Florida
  • 61 - 0 (W) over Central Michigan
  • 35 -14 (W) over #20 Michigan
  • 24 - 15 (W) over Northwestern
  • 3 games left against ranked opponents 

#9  NOTRE DAME
  • 35 - 17 (W) over Louisville
  • 66 - 14 (W) over New Mexico
  • 23 - 17 (L) to #3 Georgia
  • 35 - 20 (W) over #18 Virginia
  • 2 games left against ranked opponents

#10  FLORIDA
  • 24 - 20 (W) over Miami (FL)
  • 45 - 0 (W) over Tennessee Martin
  • 29 - 21 (W) over Kentucky
  • 34 - 3 (W) over Tennessee
  • 38 - 0 (W) over Towson State
  • 3 games left against ranked opponents

Chase Claypool On Field After Virginia Win


Ade Talks Fumble Recovery -- TD Run...