Get paid to play?

[AppSt94]

The courts have ruled on this before. Now that is a state law, it might change the stakes.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm ... story.html

[NavyApp]

I’m for the idea of it overall but my brother, a UNC, grad and I were talking about it. He said that it could open up a door for boosters to go nuts. You got an alum who owns a car dealership? Guess who just sponsored that recruit who was debating between your school and another.

This is the cliff at the bottom of the slippery slope. Add to it, agents. This compensation is not going to be equal. Using App for an example, ZT and DE are going to be bigger earners than a Huesman or Harrington. This doesn’t equal out anything. I could see the NCAA excluding California teams from post season play and not allow other schools to count wins against these teams.

You really think if the NCAA allows(they are the governing body of college athletics) this to into effect every other state will not follow suit? You also think that the NCAA is going to lose their Cali brands?

I wouldn’t rule anything out at this point, but yeah. Do you think that Arizona and Washington are going to like being in a conference with four teams that have a distinct recruiting advantage? Most of the Northern conference members and Boise St go into California to get recruits. You think Alabama and Clemson or Notre Dame are going to be happy about losing blue chip players to Cal? The only school that the NCAA would probably miss having a relationship with would be Stanford. I guess more states would look into it as well but I don’t know how many would actually pull the trigger. I want to see how this plays out in the courts.

Senators Saban, Swinney, and Kelly will most certainly get this passed in their respective states trust in that. You know big time boosters across the country are already making the phone calls to the Halls of power.

[Boonegoon]

Just as a curious aside , do walk-ons have to conform to the same rules about working that scholarship athletes have to?

[APPdiesel]

Just as a curious aside , do walk-ons have to conform to the same rules about working that scholarship athletes have to?

I believe so, yes. The so-called pay for play is a scholarship issue. Earning money while playing is an NCAA eligibility issue.