Players tattoos

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Didn't some Ohio State guys get busted by the NCAA a few years back? Getting free tattoos, or trading tickets or something for tattoos?

Well that was different because they were swapping merchandise, jerseys, autographs, champ rings.

 

[CL82]

we are constantly hearing players need to be paid, these poor guys can't afford a pizza at night etc. I have been a tattooist 43 years and am pretty well known in the tattoo world. I know what tattoos cost. I see these guys covered in ink, some of them with like 2-3 thousand dollars worth of tattoos. Where do they get the money for this?

Is there a way to remove a tattoo? Asking for a friend...

 

[Mokum]

Is there a way to remove a tattoo? Asking for a friend...

Yes. Scalpel and hemosthat needed. Needle nose pliers will do.

 

[intlzncster]

I do western traditional tattoos. What people call "old school"

Prison tattoos!

 

[intlzncster]

Yes.

Good luck proving that one though, unless it's part of a pattern of things.

 

[intlzncster]

Didn't some Ohio State guys get busted by the NCAA a few years back? Getting free tattoos, or trading tickets or something for tattoos?

Yeah, but I think that was part of a larger deal where they were selling memorabilia and doing all this as part of a group.

 

[intlzncster]

Yes. Scalpel and hemosthat needed. Needle nose pliers will do.

Flame thrower is a tried and true as well.

 

[Mokum]

Flame thrower is a tried and true as well.

I know of a guy who made a little resivoir around a tattoo with silly putty, filled it with lighter fluid and set it on fire. It didn't work.

 

[champs99and04]

I guess other people have more nuanced theories, but my simple answer was that people prioritize different things. I'm not sure "there aren't that many poor NBA players anymore" is the answer, nor am I convinced that a lot of them don't already have tattoos coming into school.

Of course, the word poor has a different meaning depending on who you ask. I don't think anyone is under the impression that these guys are homeless or hungry (though some are) and if you look at a guy like Shabazz I'd say it's easy to misconstrue his point. However you define poor or however many boneyarders grew up in the real world where there were consequences to mishandling money, the point is that it's OK to make life easier on college athletes who generate billions of dollars.

Edit: not trying to come off as antagonistic since the OP poses a legitimate question. I just see how it would be easy to draw the wrong conclusions from this premise.

 

[intlzncster]

I know of a guy who made a little resivoir around a tattoo with silly putty, filled it with lighter fluid and set it on fire. It didn't work.

That sounds like a classic "I'm stoned" removal method. If you are going the flame method, you can't half ass it.

 

[Mr. French]

Lol a car that is owned by Corey porter. Watch the film it’s not Jalen’s.

That’s kind of what he’s saying.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Last I read, breathing is an NCAA violation.

Only if you get caught.

 

[The Funster]

we are constantly hearing players need to be paid, these poor guys can't afford a pizza at night etc. I have been a tattooist 43 years and am pretty well known in the tattoo world. I know what tattoos cost. I see these guys covered in ink, some of them with like 2-3 thousand dollars worth of tattoos. Where do they get the money for this?

They find it in paper bags.

 

[Fishy]

we are constantly hearing players need to be paid, these poor guys can't afford a pizza at night etc. I have been a tattooist 43 years and am pretty well known in the tattoo world. I know what tattoos cost. I see these guys covered in ink, some of them with like 2-3 thousand dollars worth of tattoos. Where do they get the money for this?

This will shock you.

Not every basketball player is completely destitute and unable to find $2,000 in discretionary funds over the course of several years.

 

[TRest]

This will shock you.

Not every basketball player is completely destitute and unable to find $2,000 in discretionary funds over the course of several years.

Not to mention many get Pell grants of several thousand per year.

 

[The Funster]

OK, we've seen what Fishy thinks.

Let's see what chief thinks...

 

[whaler11]

Clearly there are a lot of things I don’t get.

The thing I most don’t get are tattoos.

 

[Fishy]

Clearly there are a lot of things I don’t get.

The thing I most don’t get are tattoos.

I get that a lot of people like them.

But they all look stupid to me.

 

[TRest]

I have worked with several women in their 40's who are walking examples of poor choices in the tattoo category. They do not age well on anyone.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Try going to a water park in the NE. >50% of the crowd is seemingly there for the sole reason of a non-beach public place to show off their tattoos. Especially true at the indoor Great Wolf types.

 

[Devland]

Last I read, breathing is an NCAA violation.

Didn't UNC get out of this because they permitted the entire student body to breath?

 

[August_West]

I do western traditional tattoos. What people call "old school"

 

[Hankster]

Would that be an ncaa violation?

My question also. Especially if they are for nothing, advertising purposes. Isn't this on the same line where somebody gives a plane ticket to go home for thanksgiving because he cannot afford one? Familiar example?