The rabbit hole is getting deeper.
Right now, ESPN.com is reporting, “Former Texas A&M assistant coach says a man who runs a Texas-based recruiting service told him the Aggies had to “beat” $80,000 if it wanted to sign Patrick Peterson out of high school.”
Oh, but these kids (A) aren’t paid and (B) are amateurs. Oh, and (C) are in school for an education.
Yeah right.
Van Malone, a former safety in the NFL from 1994–1997 for the Detroit Lions and current cornerbacks coach for Tulsa, is the reported coach. He was involved coaching the cornerbacks at Texas A&M from 2006 until the end of this past season.
He told ESPN.com that in 2007 Will Lyles, of Will Lyles of Complete Scouting Services, contacted him after Peterson visited the school in College Station saying: “If you want this kid, there are other schools that want this kid as well. They’re willing to pay a certain amount of money, around the $80,000 mark,”
Peterson ended up going to LSU.
Something’s got to give here. Either pay the players for using their likeness (i.e. jersey sales, video games, posters, etc.) or pay them to play all together. It’s happening anyways, and I honestly don’t see paying college players affecting the recruiting trail.
The top prospects usually go to the schools with the most money anyways. There are only so many spots on those teams, so once they’re filled, players will look elsewhere for less money. Look, there’s no salary cap in baseball and the parity is enormous, so honestly, paying college players a small percentage of the millions each school generates each season from them doesn’t seem so bad after all.
Something’s got to give here. Either pay the players for using their likeness (i.e. jersey sales, video games, posters, etc.) or pay them to play all together. It’s happening anyways, and I honestly don’t see paying college players affecting the recruiting trail.
The top prospects usually go to the schools with the most money anyways. There are only so many spots on those teams, so once they’re filled, players will look elsewhere for less money. Look, there’s no salary cap in baseball and the parity is enormous, so honestly, paying college players a small percentage of the millions each school generates each season from them doesn’t seem so bad after all.
They already get paid to go to school…..anyone else have school loans needing to be repaid. Oh thats right…all of us except these athletes. Free room, free board, free food, free education. At some schools that is the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars a year. That seems like a nice pay check to me. Look at Andrew Luck. He is going to graduate from Standford with 0 debt and a great education he can use when he is out of football. Guys go to Stanford and later discover the cure for cancer and they still have to pay to go there. Football players go for free!
They already get paid to go to school…..anyone else have school loans needing to be repaid. Oh thats right…all of us except these athletes. Free room, free board, free food, free education. At some schools that is the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars a year. That seems like a nice pay check to me. Look at Andrew Luck. He is going to graduate from Standford with 0 debt and a great education he can use when he is out of football. Guys go to Stanford and later discover the cure for cancer and they still have to pay to go there. Football players go for free!