Hopefully, hopefully this agreement ends the portal

[GrimReaper]

If PSU pays its athletes*, said athletes can pay for tuition and room and board, right? They can apply for loans to cover any gaps. Why allow them to double-dip? When you get paid a salary, you pay your bills. As a bonus, these athletes can start to build their credit.


(* Do we really need to continue to call them ”student-athletes”? )

Or they cannot go to school at all. Or they can go to a school that will give them a scholarship as well as pay them. Capitalism at its finest!

 

[GrimReaper]

You ever pay to go to a HS event? Should those players be paid? I know there are a very few HS sports that are profitable. Who gets the money when HS events are on TV. ESPN is putting those games on for free?

I'm just curious. I really don't know how this ends up or what is right. 100+ years ago a paid coach was not legal in college sports, so this is just the next evolution.

Schools individually may decide not to pay players. Or a small group (see the Ivy League) may band together and agree not to pay players. At a certain point when the group becomes so large that it's a egregious restraint of trade, the courts weigh in. Say hello to Smilin' Don!

 

[BobPSU92]

Or they cannot go to school at all. Or they can go to a school that will give them a scholarship as well as pay them. Capitalism at its finest!

I’m sure Success With Honor will prevail at Dear Old State.

 

[GrimReaper]

I’m sure Success With Honor will prevail at Dear Old State.

 

[leinbacker]

You ever pay to go to a HS event? Should those players be paid? I know there are a very few HS sports that are profitable. Who gets the money when HS events are on TV. ESPN is putting those games on for free?

I'm just curious. I really don't know how this ends up or what is right. 100+ years ago a paid coach was not legal in college sports, so this is just the next evolution.

And don’t forget band members. When tv shows tOSU Sousaphone player dotting the i they should surely pay him for providing content.

 

[DaytonRickster]

Does anyone plan to follow real college football? What we have called D3 college football.

Carnegie Mellon. Albright come to mind.

I would like to keep my allegiance to a PA school.

Any suggestions?

I am thinking about beginning to follow the University of Dayton football program and perhaps an FCS program.

 

[DaytonRickster]

Really? More than enough $?

The schools took this path not to cover costs , but to increase income over expenses.

Good Ole State is seeing their expenses explode. The stadium, legal settlements with the players (and just wait for the anti-trust lawsuits from the schools left out), the wave of player contracts to come, the coming need for an administrative reorganization and staffing to run the program.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t see how the whole thing gets paid for without more regular season games, fewer teams involved in order to spread the revenue out effectively, and more games on pay per view outlets.

There is a reason you have a limited number of NFL teams, baseball/basketball/hockey teams. You have to limit the number of teams to make the financial side work.

At least Penn State fans can rest easily knowing their administration and board have thought this out and have a detailed plan to deal with the future. I would hate to be at a place that is caught reacting to events rather than driving them.

I assume your last paragraph is TIC. If so, I agree that this could end up a real financial, administrative, and legal mess

 

[DaytonRickster]

The best sporting event I ever attended was my daughter's college club lacrosse national championship game. Her team won in OT and she got the assist on the winning goal. After that game, I realized that the only better game that I could possibly ever see would be a game involving one of my grandkids.

So while I hope that Penn State and my professional sports teams win, I don't make it much of a priority to see the college and pro games live if there are other things going on in my life during gametime. If the brave new world of college football destroys the sport as we know it, I'm not too fussed either way.

My sentiments are in line with yours.

 

[Waaaaaaaany]

Does anyone plan to follow real college football? What we have called D3 college football.

Carnegie Mellon. Albright come to mind.

I would like to keep my allegiance to a PA school.

Any suggestions?

Slippery Rock is pretty good. I've been wanting to take in a game one of these weekends as it's only 45 minutes away