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UF's Jalen Tabor compares being a NCAA football player to being a slave.

"The SEC Made 527.4 Million in Total Revenue and Players Ain't Get A Penny . Modern Form Of Slavery."

Gator ,what are y'all doing to these players. :tu:
 
I'm not totally against college football players getting payed. I'm not naive to some of the back door deals that are made with these players but the spirit of college football scholarships should be based on performance and education. And the focus should be on education. Judging many of these players by their interviews... They need to spend more time in the classroom.


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They are getting paid.

A free Education at A big time school, how much would it cost out of pocket for a 4 year Deal at a school like UF with out a scholarship?

Dorm rooms, meals, football. Like DoughBoy said back door deals for some.

It's not like they are stuck doing it for 10 years?? It's only 3 years for some of these Kids. 4 years for most.

Then they get to go Pro to make big bucks, And if that don't Work out guess what?? They got a FREE education probably a nice degree to get a good job.
 
They get free education that is costing their peers $50,000 +. They get free room, free meals, free clothes, free STUFF if they make a bowl game...computers, I pads, tv's, etc. Usually several thousand dollars worth.

Like modern slavery...give me a break. How about we charge them for school and food and room, etc and pay them minimum wage. Let's see how they like it having student loans then.
 
Yeah Dobbs gets to go be a Astro Engineer after his college days.

All he had to do was play football for a few years, while having fun. lol yup that's just like Slavery.
 
Hmm, he is getting paid outside of his scholarship already.

That went into effect this year. Did he forget :D ?
 
I was a archery instructor in the mid 90's at a local Nashville Archery Shop. The Archery shop had a pro shop and at the time MTSU had a archery program and some of the MTSU football players were enrolled in the program. They would come in the shop and pick out several hundreds of dollars of archery equipment at a time and make a phone call and some old man in his 60's would show up with a wad of cash and pay for it all. Now I cannot swear under oath what I saw was a college football violation but I know what I believe to be the truth.
 
PillsburyDoughboy":fndahi5h said:
I'm not totally against college football players getting payed.

Judging many of these players by their interviews... They need to spend more time in the classroom.
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Judging by their posts, many members of Bandwagon Nation should've spent more time in 3rd grade. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
 
Spurhunter":33pftyco said:
PillsburyDoughboy":33pftyco said:
I'm not totally against college football players getting payed.

Judging many of these players by their interviews... They need to spend more time in the classroom.
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Judging by their posts, many members of Bandwagon Nation should've spent more time in 3rd grade. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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Kick SEC football out of the NCAA. Make it a semi-pro league with no academics and pay the athletes. Swap Vanderbilt with FSU. Add Miami and either Clemson or Oklahoma to make it a 16 team league. That would be a win-win for everybody. :tu:
 
College athletes do get "paid." In addition to the scholarship, after the Ed O'Bannon case, they are receiving COA stipends ("cost of attendance"). Each school's financial aid office calculates the cost of attending the school - everything from off-campus housing costs, transportation costs, cost of living, etc. supposedly goes into the calculation. The athletes are then provided (monthly I believe, but it might be by semester) cash stipends to cover their COA. The stipends are intended to avoid the problem of the athletes getting a free education, but having no money to buy food, clothes, etc. What's surprising are the discrepancies (although not really all that surprising). UT has the highest COA in the SEC at $5,666 while Alabama is close behind at $5,386. I never knew it cost more to attend college in Knoxville or Tuscaloosa than it does in Columbus, Ohio (OSU's COA is $2,970). Why is it cheaper to attend college in Gainesville, FL ($3,830) than in Knoxville, Tuscaloosa, or Tallahassee (FSU is paying it's players well at $6,018). Why does it cost more to attend UCLA ($5,941 or about the same cost as Knoxville) than it does to attend college in South Central LA at USC ($1,580)? Why is it more expensive to attend Cincinnati ($6,082) than two hours up I-71 in Columbus? Nothing could possibly go wrong with this new NCAA COA stipend could it?

I think where the athletes have a legitimate complaint is the use of their names and likenesses by the NCAA and their schools to generate revenue.
 
OHVATN":uyqo884x said:
College athletes do get "paid." In addition to the scholarship, after the Ed O'Bannon case, they are receiving COA stipends ("cost of attendance").
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I already said that ;) :D !

BTW, Saban whined after Bama's was first calculated. I think it was originally stated at $3000 plus. They bowed down, and recalculated to come up with that number.

BTW, TN just has smarter loop-hole finders :D !
 
PalsPal":1qjr5lj0 said:
OHVATN":1qjr5lj0 said:
College athletes do get "paid." In addition to the scholarship, after the Ed O'Bannon case, they are receiving COA stipends ("cost of attendance").
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I already said that ;) :D !

BTW, Saban whined after Bama's was first calculated. I think it was originally stated at $3000 plus. They bowed down, and recalculated to come up with that number.

BTW, TN just has smarter loop-hole finders :D !
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Sorry, overlooked it.

Yep, most SEC athletes are getting paid better than those from other schools. Eventually those might be the only students able to afford to attend an SEC school.
 
OHVATN":31nmv2sp said:
College athletes do get "paid." In addition to the scholarship, after the Ed O'Bannon case, they are receiving COA stipends ("cost of attendance"). Each school's financial aid office calculates the cost of attending the school - everything from off-campus housing costs, transportation costs, cost of living, etc. supposedly goes into the calculation. The athletes are then provided (monthly I believe, but it might be by semester) cash stipends to cover their COA. The stipends are intended to avoid the problem of the athletes getting a free education, but having no money to buy food, clothes, etc. What's surprising are the discrepancies (although not really all that surprising). UT has the highest COA in the SEC at $5,666 while Alabama is close behind at $5,386. I never knew it cost more to attend college in Knoxville or Tuscaloosa than it does in Columbus, Ohio (OSU's COA is $2,970). Why is it cheaper to attend college in Gainesville, FL ($3,830) than in Knoxville, Tuscaloosa, or Tallahassee (FSU is paying it's players well at $6,018). Why does it cost more to attend UCLA ($5,941 or about the same cost as Knoxville) than it does to attend college in South Central LA at USC ($1,580)? Why is it more expensive to attend Cincinnati ($6,082) than two hours up I-71 in Columbus? Nothing could possibly go wrong with this new NCAA COA stipend could it?

I think where the athletes have a legitimate complaint is the use of their names and likenesses by the NCAA and their schools to generate revenue.
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Instate $4500.00. Out of state is 6000.00 :tu: Housing is more costly in the State Capital. Tallahassee is not just a college town. :tu:
 
Vermin93":1gv5230g said:
Kick SEC football out of the NCAA. Make it a semi-pro league with no academics and pay the athletes. Swap Vanderbilt with FSU. Add Miami and either Clemson or Oklahoma to make it a 16 team league. That would be a win-win for everybody. :tu:
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And maybe then Notre Dame can win a NCAA Championship.
 

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