Jim tressel

[Plazus]

F Michigan!







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[JOACH1M]

But I'm a state fan!!

[oakranger]

Athletes are spoiled already and now there is talk about having money given to them for everyday costs.  Many students go to school relying on financial aid and still have to worry about forking out an extra 10k not provided to them by the school not including the cost of living such as food.

As a formal track athletes from Fort Hays State University, I agree on "Althetc are spoiled". However, maybe big name football, basketball school. I am totallyaginst any idea that college athletes get paid. I bust my bellybutton for four years as an athlete and student. I kept good grades and had a part-time job year round.

The athletes get their meals and housing paid for when they're on campus. That is called scholarship. They get more if they lived on campus and less if they off campus. If they live off campus, they find their own way to pay for that. I am sure that they get some money "under the table".    What they don't get, and can't have access to, is money given to them for off-campus activities.  They can't have jobs because at some point in the past, at some other school, somebody was paying players wages for "jobs" they weren't working.  Athletes can still have jobs during and after the season. They cannot work for big booster companies that may be a conflict of interest. The fact is that every rule is out there as a result of some program or booster breaking it the first time.  As new schemes and machinations are devised, new rules are required.  The problem is that all of the rules that the NCAA have in place are constantly being challenged by the ingenuity and savvy of agents and boosters, and coaches are under intense pressure to win.  Ask any of them what they hate the most about their job, and they'll tell you its recruiting.

In my opinion, the only thing that Tressel did wrong was lie about not knowing about the infractions earlier--that's an offense that should be punished, but is forgivable.  I don't think he's a cheater, nor is Ohio State.  I do think he should have been punished in a manner similar to the players that have been suspended for full seasons in the past, as a result of lying to investigators.

 

They already get a stipend which is supposed to cover cost of living, such as food. The only stipend they get is food when they are on the road. The coaching staff has all control of that.  Its not supposed to pay for car payments, you can take the bus.  Its not supposed to pay for rent, you can live in campus housing. I agree. However, it is the dam boosters that cause the problem.   If you spend your time as a student-athlete and not a socialite-athlete, all your expenses will be covered on a full-ride athletic scholarship.  If you want (note I didn't say "need") more money than that, get a part-time job and student loans like every other non-rich kid has to do.

[PJ_Godzilla]

F Michigan!







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Says the guy with the Ford CobraJet sticker on his post. Irony = literal and figurative in opposition... Ring a bell?


As for the Tressel debacle, everybody knows who the real VICTORS (heil) are going to be as a result of that. Haaaaaw, haaaaaw, haaaw. My dream: Stanford vs. UM in the Rose Bowl. I call it a no-lose situation, and maybe a cold day in hell.

[Hoarach]

I currently play football in college and we are spoiled terribly.  Get a lot of benefits not given to students so I can say first hand as well that athletes are spoiled.

But I will have to say that the NCAA has become too much of a business and athletes are being put in a sticky situation to begin with because of the amount of money that the schools and NCAA make from their football and basketball programs.

There isnt not enough emphasis anymore on being student and put totally on being an athlete because of the money it brings into the school.  Least some schools still hold the standard on being a student first such as Penn State, Stanford, and Notre Dame.