Edsall Says Pay CFB Players

[uconnphil2016]

 

[noeynox]

Damn. Randy forgot what conference he's currently in.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Where are the G5 conferences going to get money to pay the players???? G5 teams don't have the $$$ to pay their players. Let the P5 and ND pay for their players, they have the $$$$ to do it. What is Randy thinking, UConn does not have the resources to pay players.

 

[JMick]

Where are the G5 conferences going to get money to pay the players???? G5 teams don't have the $$$ to pay their players. Let the P5 and ND pay for their players, they have the $$$$ to do it. What is Randy thinking, UConn does not have the resources to pay players.

Unless the G5 beats the P5 to the punch and leaves the NCAA. See how many blue Chip recruits go to where the money is

 

[uconnphil2016]

Where are the G5 conferences going to get money to pay the players???? G5 teams don't have the $$$ to pay their players. Let the P5 and ND pay for their players, they have the $$$$ to do it. What is Randy thinking, UConn does not have the resources to pay players.

There would have to be some kind of revenue sharing for it to work

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Damn. Randy forgot what conference he's currently in.

Irony much? The SEC tweet is cute.

 

[Exit 4]

I think Randy was just testing his twitter reach.

 

[BlueMAB]

Why should the colleges pay? Most of the colleges lose money. The NCAA should pay. They don't provide the education. They don't provide the facilities, the equipment. The doctors and trainers. They don't provide the room and board. All they do is make the players pay to qualify, make unfair and inconsistent rulings, and then polish a few trophies and collect obscene amounts of money. Let the NCAA pay. They make around $800mm/year in revenue. They could pay each football player $10k/year and still clear just under $700 million/year. It would only cost about another $40 million to pay basketball players $10k/year.

Revenue

Year...Network...Term...Amount

• 1982...CBS*...3...years...$49.9 million
• 1985 CBS 3 years $94.7 million
• 1988 CBS 3 years $166 million
• 1991 CBS 7 years $1 billion
• 1995 CBS Extension $1.75 billion
• 2002 CBS 11 years $6 billion
• 2002 ESPN 11 years $200 million
• 2010 CBS/Turner 14 years $10.8 billion

Where does the NCAA get its money?
Most NCAA revenue (81 percent projected for 2012-13) comes from media rights, mostly from a $10.8 billion, 14-year agreement with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting for rights to the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Most of the remaining revenue comes from NCAA championships, primarily ticket sales.

Is NCAA revenue different from money generated by member conferences and institutions?
Yes. The most recent estimate from the NCAA research staff is that college athletics programs annually generate about $6.1 billion from ticket sales, radio and television receipts, alumni contributions, guarantees, royalties and NCAA distributions. Another $5.3 billion is considered allocated revenue, which comes from student fees allocated to athletics, direct and indirect institutional support, and direct government support.

Revenue for the NCAA itself is projected at $797 million for 2012-13.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Unless the G5 beats the P5 to the punch and leaves the NCAA. See how many blue Chip recruits go to where the money is

In reality, how many blue chip recruits are the G5/UConn getting now? The P5 paying recruits and the G5 not paying recruits would have very little impact on UConn's recruiting.

 

[mikedog10]

I think Randy was just testing his twitter reach.

You might be right... I hope this catches on like wildfire... and that top-rated high school recruits remember the coach that wants to get them paid! Randy is getting his name out there and sowing the seeds for his next recruiting class.

 

[JMick]

I think Randy was just testing his twitter reach.

Yeah this is the no publicity is bad publicity approach

 

[BlueMAB]

The programs with the boosters who will put cash when necessary will still be able to put up cash when necessary. This could help level the playing field marginally, but it won't make matters worse. This is about the players. The irony is, football drives the bus as far as conference affiliation and revenues go, but basketball is the big payday for the NCAA.

What happens when the P5 take their football AND basketball teams, and split from the NCAA essentially giving them an $800 million/year haircut.

 

[Kemba429]

I get where people come from on this but IMO it would only create more problems/lawsuits. If one player gets payed then a bunch of other athletes from random sports will say its unfair to them. Next thing you know Mississippi Valley States water polo team is getting payed.

 

[DAC17]

HCRE is simply stating the obvious. This whole NCAA sham is just an accident of history. The NBA and NFL love it, as it saves them lots of money, and the P5 schools love it, as it lines their pockets with TV money. And the NCAA??? Goes without saying...

 

[Woof 101]

Currently all athletes attending any school on a full ride are being paid. Here is a break down of wages paid at UConn.

Storrs Main Campus In-State Out-of-State
Tuition $12,848 $35,216
University & Student Fees1 $2,882 $2,882
On-Campus Housing Estimate2 $7,029 $7,029
On-Campus Meal Plan Estimate3 $5,846 $5,846
Subtotal Direct Costs
$28,605 $50,973
Waivable Fee: Health Insurance4 $3,198 $3,198
Waivable Fee: PIRG Fee5 $10 $10
Subtotal Direct Costs (Plus Waivable Fees) $31,813 $54,181

This could also be the key to why more players do not stay in state. The scholly is worth way more out of state!

 

[BlueMAB]

Currently all athletes attending any school on a full ride are being paid. Here is a break down of wages paid at UConn.

Storrs Main Campus In-State Out-of-State
Tuition $12,848 $35,216
University & Student Fees1 $2,882 $2,882
On-Campus Housing Estimate2 $7,029 $7,029
On-Campus Meal Plan Estimate3 $5,846 $5,846
Subtotal Direct Costs
$28,605 $50,973
Waivable Fee: Health Insurance4 $3,198 $3,198
Waivable Fee: PIRG Fee5 $10 $10
Subtotal Direct Costs (Plus Waivable Fees) $31,813 $54,181

This could also be the key to why more players do not stay in state. The scholly is worth way more out of state!

Nonsense. Giving somebody something of value, is not the same as giving someone wages.

Furthermore, when acceptance of that scholarship prevents them from earning their own wages, it is absolutely not the same thing as giving someone wages.

When you consider the millions and billions being made by SOME of the schools, and the NCAA, it's time to stop pretending this is about amateurism. Nick Saban is a great coach, and worth every dime, but him and every other coach out there is nothing without the players. Nobody shows up to watch coaches coach. We show up to watch the players play.

Your rationale is old and outdated.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Lol take away part of his salary to do it and see what he says

Coaches' pay are one of the first things people point to re: the hypocrisy of the NCAA.

 

[BlueMAB]

Lol take away part of his salary to do it and see what he says

Coaches' pay are one of the first things people point to re: the hypocrisy of the NCAA.

False choice.

Why should they take away his salary, when the NCAA is making $800 million a year to do nothing but run a bureaucracy that is only surpassed in corruption by FIFA and the IOC. When you consider how much money is being exchanged against NCAA rules and right under their noses, why is it the 78th highest (bottom half) coach in the D1 football should forego his pay? Saban is making over 5X what he makes, but he's also worth it. Why? Because he likely brings in five times that much for Bama. But he doesn't do it without the players. Who are getting nothing.

You don't have to take from the coaches to pay the players. You either make the NCAA pay them, or allow others to. So many people are getting rich off the players, and all you guys have is "scholarships are wages'
(false) and let Edsall pay him (when he's being paid below market value).

Next we're going to read about how people here went into massive debt to go to college.

Well, that was your choice. Nobody made you. And nobody pays to watch you BS your way through a sociology mid-term.

 

[ct06111]

Sports Illustrated via MSN

UConn Head Coach Randy Edsall: ‘Pay the Players’

 

[weyuo]

Bad idea Randy. The NCAA might start out with some kind of regulated pay structure per school but it won't take the P-5 long to get the rules manipulated so that they can set their own pay per conference/per student and UConn will never be able to compete with that kind of setup. Then it will quickly morph from football to all collegiate sports and you can kiss men's & women's basketball good bye too cause blue chippers will go where the money is and the money will be in the P-5 schools.

 

[buddy]

Paying players would eliminate the need for the NCAA as we know it. That would be a good thing.

 

[weyuo]

The sad part is college football is really a glorified minor league for the NFL. Except the NFL doesn't have to poney up any cash for it like MLB does for it's minor leagues or the NBA for it's D-league.

 

[BlueMAB]

Bad idea Randy. The NCAA might start out with some kind of regulated pay structure per school but it won't take the P-5 long to get the rules manipulated so that they can set their own pay per conference/per student and UConn will never be able to compete with that kind of setup. Then it will quickly morph from football to all collegiate sports and you can kiss men's & women's basketball good bye too cause blue chippers will go where the money is and the money will be in the P-5 schools.

It must be tough living in your own personal reality where you can describe what literally happens right now as if it’s not real life.

 

[Woof 101]

Nonsense. Giving somebody something of value, is not the same as giving someone wages.

Simply genius....
Call it what you want but 50 large a year is nice in my bank account. Cash, check, scholarship, ching, Benjamin's or wages it's all money...