Calipari takes on the NCAA

[snydrosooner]

The $1,024,024 is just for Q1 for Bob...multiply by 4 and you are over $4 million.

As to your other points, the free market will sort this out. Athletes that provide little value will only be compensated with a small compensation package (a scholarship or a 25% scholarship). Those with a lot of value will receive more.

Realistically a move to a free market based system won't happen overnight. Too disruptive and too many entrenched interest will fight it. But over time I think it will happen at least for the big money sports.

That salary includes money paid to the University by sinclar ( I think) broadcasting for the rights to produce the Bob Stoop Coaches show. His base salary is less then the checks he gets from the University. The university gets paid for the coaches show, advertishing for OU Health science center ( yes the health science center does pay the athletic Departhment to use Bob Stoops) and others. This is then given to him in one check although its technicly payments form multiple avenues.

I think it was espn that had a story that a private school could not pay over 500,000 for a coach so the coach was being paid over 1 million dollars for his coaches show. This was away to get around the rule.

 

[snydrosooner]

Yes in a free market world I think several schools, OU, Texas, Bama, Fla, etc would have lined up and offered $500k+ for an Adrian Peterson.

So lets say a high school 4 star athlete is worth 250,000. If you have 80 on a team that would be 20,000,000. So how many schools could afford that? IF they were truly paying these players that much, ticket prices would sky rocket. We would also end up with schools filling there scholorships with lesser star players just to lower the amount paying them. It will create a worse system then we have now.

And I don't feel AD was worth 500,000 coming out of high school. If so he should have challanged the NFL rule and gone straight pro. He came to OU to get ready fro the NFL and both AD and OU benifited.

 

[BanjoCharley]

80 four stars????

 

[snydrosooner]

80 four stars????

Team like alabama will have several 5 stars, the remaining is almost all 4 stars. They may have a 3 star or 2. But I was just using an average. Alot of schools will have less then that amount.

 

[thebigabd]

oh cmon. It's not being taken advantage of when you know what you are getting into

I have seen you make this argument before, and I do not agree with it.

There are lots of examples of things that aren't fair and I know I am being taken advantage of, but I know exactly what I am getting into.

1.) Affordable Care Act... I don't think the govt should force me to buy health insurance. I am in the young healthy crowd that don't want to waste their money on it. I know exactly what I am getting into, but they are taking advantage of me to pay for old people and the poor.

2.) Foreign language requirement in college. At CU and most schools, there is a foreign language requirement. It is a 5 credit hour course, along with the book. You have to take 2 semesters of it. In 2 semesters you can't even get close to gaining language fluency, and 90% of the people leave the two courses and can say about 5 words. That costs, at most public state schools, about $5,000 to take two classes that have nothing to do with your major, do not provide you language fluency, and waste your time. Let people interested in learning language take those. But hey, I did it. I had to, or I couldnt graduate. Doesn't make it fair.

3.) Qdoba... The vegetarian burrito includes guacamole but the vegetarian taco salad doesn't? I still get the taco salad because I like it, but I pay more for the guac. Bull**** man.

 

[Section31]

The University isn't forcing anyone to do anything.

 

[thebigabd]

I've always thought that the university and NCAA should allow the student athletes to make money. Let them sell their jerseys, let them sign autographs, do commercials, sponsor stuff.

That way the "high level" players can financially benefit from their talent, and it doesn't cost the school anything.

If the school doesn't agree to give some hot-shot QB money in exchange for jersey and memorabilia sales, guess what, the school can't sell the damn jersey.

I believe the complaint to this method was, "well then donors, etc would end up just paying hot-shots large sums of money to attend that school".... Who cares? You think that will throw off the balance of recruiting? You mean we would live in a world where Alabama, OU, UT, USC, Ohio State, etc are the only schools grabbing large swathes of elite players? Uhhh, thats exactly what happens now.

Plus, and this is underrated, rich people are rich because they aren't stupid. They aren't going to invest tons of money in 17 year olds when they have no idea if that player is going to be good or not. Lots of hot shot high school guys bust. Imagine if you were rich and you paid some 17 year old $10,000 to come to OU. That kid gets to OU, never makes it into the two-deep, transfers. Bet you never do that again.

Most of the players who make money probably wouldnt be recruits, but players who were already big time in college. At that point you have a better idea of who is value as opposed to the high school kid where anything could happen.

 

[Section31]

Rich people can be extremely stupid when it comes to college athletics.

 

[garyeb2]

this is not at every school ... infact one of the ways subsidized Athletic depts function is by the school not making the AD pay the tution

Name one. I understand that only 10-12 athletic departments turn a profit every year. But, the rest pay the tuition until the money is gone. And even at that, I would bet that the university carries the tuition owed as an account receivable that gets paid in the event of a rare bowl check or other windfall.

 

[garyeb2]

Rich people can be extremely stupid when it comes to college athletics.

Rich people can be extremely stupid on any topic outside their field of expertise.

 

[SoonerinNC]

I really have no problem with the players getting a share of the sales of jerseys with their name and number. However, that may not be the bonanza some visualize.

The cost to purchase clothing from a manufacturer is usually just below 50% of the sale price. Probably less for the best stars. Then there is usually a minimum quantity required to get them into the store so this eliminates Joe walkon and most of the scout squad. Probably even some of the better guys because if the jerseys don't sell all the profit can be eaten up with the markdowns to clear it out of the inventory.

Then there is the cost of employees to receive the jerseys into the store, to stock it, to ring it up and even to sell it in some stores. Add to those costs the cost of store rent, utilities, the cost of carrying the inventory, even extra bookkeeping required to get the player the money and other miscellaneous items. The football season would be the hottest selling season. If the store ordered 200 and still had 100 left at the end of the season then you have to clear them out at a lower price or the cost of carrying the inventory will eat you up.

Bottom line I believe that there would be very few player jerseys for sale at most stores.

 

[DenverSooner]

I've always thought that the university and NCAA should allow the student athletes to make money. Let them sell their jerseys, let them sign autographs, do commercials, sponsor stuff.

It is the schools jersey. So at best they should get a part of the sale. I wonder how many jerseys would sell if you charged an extra $5 for the players name?