I am not saying it is and as the parent of a HS JR I would

I am not saying it is and as the parent of a HS JR I would
by wpkirish (2023-03-24 13:36:54)
Edited on 2023-03-24 13:37:20

In reply to: 85 x 85000 isn’t chump change * posted by airborneirish

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love it if my kids were talented enough to get that.

These kids are among the best in the nation (world) at what they do and bring value to the University. We dont ask the kids on Academic Scholarship to go out and earn millions in revenue for the school so why do we think the scholarship is adequate compensation for those laying sports?

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You’re not doing the math right. At all - airborneirish 2023-03-24 14:57:04
- Seems to me everyone is coming at it from the ass end - gregmorrissey 2023-03-24 19:47:17
- it costs Notre Dame 85,000 each for 85 scholarship athletes? - jt 2023-03-24 16:32:47
- The teams bring in that revenue. - wpkirish 2023-03-24 15:18:39
  - Spoiler. I think they are barely worth the scholarship at - airborneirish 2023-03-24 15:30:37
    - they are worth whatever the market will bear - jt 2023-03-24 16:35:16
      - Then let's open up the market - KeoughCharles05 2023-03-25 09:23:47
        It’s not going to be any different than the NFL. - smithwick 2023-03-25 13:29:44
        I’d pay Morrison $1.5M per year - MrE 2023-03-25 14:14:20
        Again, telling other people what to do - gregmorrissey 2023-03-25 11:10:57
        It's to not let them collude in ways that would be illegal - KeoughCharles05 2023-03-25 21:50:45
        Just to clarify, I'm not advocating forced pay - gregmorrissey 2023-03-27 12:19:37
        If they are employees... - KeoughCharles05 2023-03-28 12:38:38
        Freedom to contract != forced pay - gregmorrissey 2023-03-28 15:00:07
        ND's player payroll is ~$2.125M per year. - MrE 2023-03-28 15:09:11
        So it would seem they aren't being forced at all - gregmorrissey 2023-03-28 16:03:54
        BTW, you'd like Wetzel/Forde podcast from yesterday. - MrE 2023-03-28 18:24:01
        Thanks. I agreed with the guy against the nanny state - gregmorrissey 2023-03-29 09:55:42
        Regarding "running it wide open for 5 or so years" - MrE 2023-03-29 10:16:14
        Better one yesterday (1-hr) - Andy Staples podcast with - MrE 2023-03-29 10:07:34
        Swarbrick encourages us to give more to the cause, and - MrE 2023-03-28 17:20:04
        every current player (and recruits) should have agents - MrE 2023-03-27 12:53:45
        Change is messy. It would eventually find order - gregmorrissey 2023-03-27 13:28:46
        I'm good w/ that-as long as CFB players can extract every $ - MrE 2023-03-27 13:31:47
        it's a collectively bargained agreement - jt 2023-03-26 01:04:04
    - In the early 90s, - smithwick 2023-03-24 16:12:59
      - the cost of a scholarship was not 20k - jt 2023-03-24 16:37:23
        Said better, the value of compensation directly - smithwick 2023-03-24 16:59:44
        agree - jt 2023-03-24 17:07:36
  - Schools are bidding on other schools' players already. - MrE 2023-03-24 15:29:00
    - 85000 x 85 != $5 million - airborneirish 2023-03-24 15:35:15
      - "subsidizing women's sports" - jt 2023-03-24 16:40:22
        Title IX forces that does it not? * - OITLinebacker 2023-03-25 09:06:07
        once again, that's a University problem - jt 2023-03-25 11:10:04
      - Eh, sane businesses wouldn't have D&A be 15% of revenue - NavyJoe 2023-03-24 16:39:32
        And spend that way because they know they dont need to pay - wpkirish 2023-03-24 16:48:11
        Yes, obviously - NavyJoe 2023-03-24 16:56:53
      - I used $8M for ND FB scholarships - MrE 2023-03-24 15:38:01
  - Now add in all the losses from the women’s teams - airborneirish 2023-03-24 15:28:15
    - Two different issues - wpkirish 2023-03-24 15:42:08
      - strangely enough, whenever you or I or anyone else asks - jt 2023-03-25 14:14:34