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RJ's pitch - still incredible... just ask the bird (where'd he go?)
Paying student athletes (from revenue sports) isn't an issue b/c players need more money to survive (which is true in some cases, but from most of the athlete's I've talked to at tech, they're living well enough), it's an issue b/c they see such a small piece of the pie.
If we are to use round numbers, and assume that Tuition costs $30k/year at tech (accurate for out of state), and that VT football brings in $15 million annually, then a player sees .2%. Some people (not I) feel this is unfair given the effect some players have on a program, and given a program's value to the school (IE, applicants to VT increased by 32% in MV7's time here; the school benefited dramatically, but he was not compensated this).
Another issue (IMHO, the only issue) is that athlete's cannot profit from the use of their likeness, nor can they use said likeness for monetary gain. So their face is used in video games, but they get no compensation. Additionally, if they want to appear in an advertisement, or start a business for pay, they must forfeit their amatuer status.
Your solution doesn't really solve any of the problems, but adds more potential problems (such as those mentioned in PhillyHokie's post).
PS, hope my post doesn't sound disrespectful; not trying to shoot your idea down, just trying to clearly explain my thoughts related to paying players.
EDIT: Note that I think that if one were to hire a consulting firm to 'value' a student athlete, I would suspect that 95% NCAA DI athletes gain more from their school than their school gains from them. There are small exceptions (think players who wind up having average pro careers) then there are major exceptions; the MV7s, Tim Tebows, Johnny Footballs, etc are incredibly undercompensated for their value to the school. Due to media coverage, they're the only ones we hear about.
That is nice work.
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# | "...especially with a weak non-conference schedule that includes Navy, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati..." Whoa whoa whoa! Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Chill brah. Don't get upset at somebody else's perspective that's different from yours. Here, have another shot on me (though not literally ON me).
this may win the internet.
This may win for the day.
Right. Ahem. Getting back to the...er...topic...at...handjobs...uh...
What's a computer?
Yeah, if you have the option to make the game a two score game you should really take it unless you are vastly overmatched (we weren't) or you can down the ball and run out the clock. It's crazy not to take the points in that situation. An inordinate amount of bizarre plays happened in that game, but freak plays are not uncommon in football and it's a huge risk that one will come back to bite you in that situation.
Another classic:
Looks like a shithole to me. Yep, that's definitely College Park, md.
HOLYSHMUTHAFUK---- =O =D
My FAVORITE? hmmm...My personal fav would be Logan's pancake of Myles Jack.
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awesome
Outstanding counterpoints.
pay a hobo with a six pack if he can catch a wave?
MRW I saw Grimey was leaving:
I cant say which side I fall on this because of how in the dark we are as a fan base. We can see just by him not playing that there is a problem. Seeing those comments from JJ tend to make me lean towards Team Players as JJ isn't only at odds with Raines. I am becoming more and more of the mindset that we need a clean slate. Bring in a solid up and coming coach from one of the smaller schools and start over. Will that set us back a couple more years? Probably, but look at where we are right now? How much of a set back could that be?
And for a coach that is supposed to be such a stellar recruiter, we have quite a few of the most prestigious basketball prep programs right in our backyard and yet we cant seem to pull regular talent from these programs.
The money from using the likeness should be put in escrow for when they are out of school.