and that has been the path that many are advocating for

and that has been the path that many are advocating for
by jt (2019-05-15 13:26:55)

In reply to: Only way out of that .. posted by TWO

however, I think it is very dangerous and would likely kill the sport at most institutions unless the NFL could get on board and fund (unlikely, IMO. They'll wait until the last minute before starting funding on a minor league and would likely want more control over player's time than the NCAA would be comfortable with).

The image and likeness benefits everyone; if a kid can profit off of his name and his popularity, more power to him. The school can give him a scholarship and he can also get an education and training in his preferred fields (athletic and otherwise).

In practice this would create an interesting test to see how

much coaches really do care about their players. A very quick search showed an article from this past Fall that reported Dabo received a condo valued in the 250-300k range and a 100k donation to his charity as part of an endorsement deal for a hotel that he did with a real estate developer. If the rules were changed how much of a deal like this would he be willing to cut his players in on?

I agree -- image and likeness $, coming from actual third

parties, is the only way to maintain college football. Schools will compete on how much marketing they do for the players and how strong the school's name is in the market.

Paying players as employees would be the end of it all. Then you have to start talking about salary caps, the players will have to pay taxes, surely agents will be involved, yada yada yada mini-NFL puke.