The big news in college football is that "The NCAA's top decision-makers voted unanimously Tuesday to start the process of modifying its rule to allow college athletes to profit from their names, images, and likenesses in a manner consistent with the collegiate model."
It may surprise you but I think college athletes should be paid something. Especially football players since football players are the ones that are actually bringing in the money so the school can have a rowing team to attract the daughters of actresses that star in Hallmark Channel movies.
I realize it is a controversial opinion because college football is an amateur sport. Well, it is supposed to be. I'm not sure college football ever was an amateur sport. We just never knew about it. Unless you actually went to school with the star college football player and you saw him, the eleventh of fourteen children, tooling about town in a BMW. Of course, it was given to him by his dad, who was a professional scrap metal collector.
Social media has been its usual help with the issue. Some people imply that it is the end of college sports are we know it. While others don't see the big deal.
It will probably end up somewhere in the middle. I really don't see how you can prevent, an adult, from profiting from his name, his image, and his likeness. But then again, I'm sure it will be abused and a player will sign with a shoe company that isn't the school's show company and pretty soon everything is higgledy-piggledy.
The NCAA wants the "process" to be completed by 2021. That's only two years. It should be interesting to see what the rule modification will be.
This Week's Picks!
Jawja vs Floreduh: One of the things about "The Largest Drunk Tank In The Southeast Game" that has always bothered me is that it is played in Jacksonville, which my Cobb County Public School education has taught me is in Florida. This is state the University of Florida is located. I have always heard that the game is held in Jacksonville because it is "between Athens, Georiga and Gainesville, Florida". Gainesville is 71.4 miles from Jacksonville. Athens is 338.5 miles. It turns out Jacksonville earns the game the old fashion way: they pay for it. Jacksonville pays both schools $2.75 million. Wait, oh yeah, the game. Georgia is not quite as good as was advertised and Florida is better than we thought. I think this is a close game, but Jake will be the difference. Dawgs win.
The Pitts vs The Flats: Georgia Tech won a game two weeks ago. You can't lose them all. Pittsburgh is a pretty good team. Sorry, Bees. Pitt wins
Werewolves of Raliegh vs Demonic Deacons: Ugh, the second ACC game in the blog. I guess N.C. State wins.
The Yutes of Utes vs Worshington: Utah is one of those teams everybody says is good, but nobody watches them because their games come on at 11:00 eastern standard time. Washington is meh. Utah wins
Kennesaw State vs Monmouth: My Beloved Owls welcome Monmouth University to the Fifth of a Quarter State Mutual And A Third Stadium (Original name: Down The Street From Town Center Mall Stadium) Monmouth has a 6-2 record. It should be the Owls' biggest test. They'll pass. KSU wins.
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