Nebraska’s Eric Martin Had the Audacity to Complain on Twitter About Not Being Able to Eat or Buy Gas

All, College Football Ty Duffy July 11th. 2012, 12:11pm

Nebraska senior defensive end Eric Martin unleashed a string of tweets complaining that Nebraska players had not yet received their “checks.” The tweets evolve into some well-played hyperbole about setting up traps to catch wild animals to get something to eat. The checks are the stipends given to players on the first day of classes for the summer semester, which began July 9.

My, those football players are getting entitled. While generating tens of millions for the University of Nebraska he expects to both eat AND buy gas? Next he’ll be wanting to learn more. Why can’t he just shut up and play football, like the Nebraska DE No. 46 on the video game that bears no resemblance to him?

We’re assuming Bo Pelini received his “check,” which assuming he gets paid bi-weekly would be worth over $110,000. College Football: Cash-strapped by choice since whenever games began being shown on television.

[Photo via Presswire]

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165 Responses to “Nebraska’s Eric Martin Had the Audacity to Complain on Twitter About Not Being Able to Eat or Buy Gas”

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payaso Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Looks like the checks were late but I agree that outliers are fun. Meanwhile the Longhorns I follow were talking about getting tats or J’s with their checks.
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Gerard Portmanteau Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Since when don’t Nebraska players have meal plans?
Gas, I understand.
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scripty Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:15 PM
checks are a clown move, bro
/direct deposit
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Ty Duffy Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Looks like the checks were late but I agree that outliers are fun. Meanwhile the Longhorns I follow were talking about getting tats or J’s with their checks.
Already well taken care of by boosters. Boom.
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Grizz Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
A quarter tank of gas? Cmon, that can last like 100 miles.
/Run out of gas before — yes, I realize how white trash that is
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cleet Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
You built up such good momentum with your JoePa column earlier Duffy, and then you do this….
/btw, athletes CAN get jobs in the summer and earn some money so they can spend it on “gas” and “food” like responsible adults that they are
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rittyrich Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Pay the players!
We’re already getting paid. They’re just late with the money.
/ Eric Martin
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scripty Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:17 PM
quarter tank of gas? lucky!
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Boom.
I don’t think you know what this means.
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rittyrich Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:18 PM
like the Nebraska DE No. 46 on the video game that bears no resemblance to him?
You do realize what the EA law suits are going to lead to, right? EA Sports doesn’t use any correct information for rosters. Fans generate correct rosters and make them available to download. The players still never receive any money.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:18 PM
/Run out of gas before — yes, I realize how white trash that is
I ran out of gas twice in the same day once, good times.
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GloriousMullet Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Some teamamtes got kids
Who’s fault is that?
/Wrap that shit up B
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I'm a Horse Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:19 PM
My, those football players are getting entitled. While generating tens of millions for the University of Nebraska he expects to both eat AND by gas? Next he’ll be wanting to learn more. Why can’t he just shut up and play football, like the Nebraska DE No. 46 on the video game that bears no resemblance to him?
Sucks, but has nothing to do with the “pay the players” argument.
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payaso Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:19 PM
I once bought a single rib.
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Grizz Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:20 PM
I ran out of gas twice in the same day once, good times.
Impressive — mine was on the off ramp of a major highway with the gas station within coasting distance, I didn’t get the light. That was a true walk of shame to the sunoco station.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:20 PM
You do realize what the EA law suits are going to lead to, right? EA Sports doesn’t use any correct information for rosters. Fans generate correct rosters and make them available to download. The players still never receive any money.
EA has a nine figure rights contract with the NFLPA. EA is on the verge of bankruptcy as well. If they had to pay for player rights they’d stop making the game.
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KC Resident Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Since when don’t Nebraska players have meal plans?
That’s what I was thinking. They get fed by the school.
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njensen79 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:20 PM
My favorite one is the part about some of us have kids. Most college people his age wouldn’t have the opportunity to go to school while supporting kids, so forgive me if I don’t feel sorry for them.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:21 PM
We’re already getting paid. They’re just late with the money.
/ Eric Martin
I don’t get it. Huffy didn’t link to ‘outrage’ over it, so is he the one that’s outraged over the tweets? Does he think other people are saying they are entitled, or is that his word? Does he think that getting a check late is the same thing as not getting one at all?
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rittyrich Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:21 PM
If they had to pay for player rights they’d stop making the game.
Satisfaction!
/ Duffy
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HuskerDawg Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Best Eric Martin moment at Nebraska.
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
EA is on the verge of bankruptcy as well.
Say what?
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
he expects to both eat AND by gas?
Let them eat runzas.
/ “Eat here and get gas.” It never gets old.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
While generating tens of millions for the University of Nebraska he expects to both eat AND by gas?
By Gas, I think he has a point!
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dikembemutomballs Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
After I read his tweets it pretty much became obligatory to post this
Gator Boots, with the pimped out Gucci suit
Ain’t got no job, but I stay sharp
Can’t pay my rent, cause all my money’s spent
but thats OK, cause I’m still fly
got a quarter tank gas in my new E-class
But that’s alright cause I’m gon’ ride
got everything in my moma’s name
but I’m hood rich da dada dada da
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rittyrich Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
I don’t get it. Huffy didn’t link to ‘outrage’ over it, so is he the one that’s outraged over the tweets? Does he think other people are saying they are entitled, or is that his word? Does he think that getting a check late is the same thing as not getting one at all?
Or…Duffy’s pastime is to make snide 99 percenter remarks about the NCAA at the drop of a hat.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Since when don’t Nebraska players have meal plans?
That’s what I was thinking. They get corn-fed by the school.
Well, the linemen, anyway.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:24 PM
Say what?
Electronic Arts hasn’t turned a profit in five years, they’re hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars and have been killing off sub-divisions for the last four years. They’re basically a much bigger version of Schilling’s company.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:24 PM
I once bought a single rib.
But have you ever ordered a single grit?
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KC Resident Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:25 PM
While generating tens of millions for the University of Nebraska he expects to both eat AND by gas?
By Gas, I think he has a point!
Are we back to using Buy instead of By? Doesn’t everyone use By now?
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:25 PM
I think I’m in a pissy mood today after taking care of the sick puppy all night. I just got an email about ‘google+’ posts that might interest me, so I unsubscribed, deleted my profile/account, and then filled out the survey asking why with “you add nothing to my life”
/grumpy
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Are we back to using Buy instead of By? Doesn’t everyone use By now?
“I thought we switched to ‘Bi’”
/coop’d
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VladimirCrouton Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Go play in the CFL.
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HuskerDawg Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Electronic Arts hasn’t turned a profit in five years, they’re hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars and have been killing off sub-divisions for the last four years. They’re basically a much bigger version of Schilling’s company.
I know they make next to nothing or lose money on Madden from all of the license fees. I assume it’s the same for Fifa, too.
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scripty Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:27 PM
I am sure by being a bitch and complaining on twitter was the appropriate reaction, vs. calling a compliance person for football or his coaches.
And there will be no negative backlash on twitter. All reasoned, calculated responses.
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cassino Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Can’t decide if this post is more “Huffy” or “Puffy”.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:27 PM
“I thought we switched to ‘Bi’”
/coop’d
The meme that wouldn’t die.
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cracker jack Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:30 PM
he expects to both eat AND by gas?
I keep this
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sousedbergin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
No one wants to play as “Destitute Peasant #87″ in EA’s Serf Harvest game either.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
They’re basically a much bigger version of Schilling’s company.
Somewhat surprisingly, EA recieved no tax incentives to move one of their locations to Salt Lake City in 2010. I know Nashville and Williamson County bid back and forth trying to draw new business HQ’s (Nissan especially) to the area. Clarksville is doing the same thing… everyone is desperate to bring jobs to their city.
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KC Resident Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
The meme that wouldn’t die. Nada
Of all the memes that have come and gone, I would have never guess this one would have lasted so long. And there isn’t even anything wrong with Coop. Except for that one time he kissed a dude.
/Sorry, Coop.
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I'm a Horse Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
I am sure by being a bitch and complaining on twitter was the appropriate reaction, vs. calling a compliance person for football or his coaches.
And there will be no negative backlash on twitter. All reasoned, calculated responses.
I don’t see any problem with his bitching on Twitter. Someone messed up and that’s not the kids fault. It just has absolutely nothing to do with paying the players.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
I keep this
I stopped correcting stupid mistakes until McTibble wrote that snarky hitjob a few weeks ago about someone else’s error, as if posts here aren’t littered with the results of not having an editor.
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squawkbox Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
I once bought a single rib.
Not uncommon – known as a “bone in a blanket” (i.e. with bread)
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Jason McIntyre Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:33 PM
PAY THE PLAYERS
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Electronic Arts hasn’t turned a profit in five years, they’re hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars and have been killing off sub-divisions for the last four years. They’re basically a much bigger version of Schilling’s company.
True, but that’s a far cry from bankruptcy. They generate a ton of cash. They actually made money last year, btw.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
I don’t see any problem with his bitching on Twitter.
I do, who bitches about companies/bureaucratic bs on twitter.
/#boycottSubway
No one wants to play as “Destitute Peasant #87″ in EA’s Serf Harvest game either.
Soused for MVP.
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cracker jack Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
I stopped correcting stupid mistakes until McTibble wrote that snarky hitjob a few weeks ago about someone else’s error, as if posts here aren’t littered with the results of not having an editor.
I assume that when JMac keeps raving about things being bigger and better here in the fall, that includes hiring a minimum wage copy editor
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phillymantis915 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Electronic Arts hasn’t turned a profit in five years, they’re hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars and have been killing off sub-divisions for the last four years. They’re basically a much bigger version of Schilling’s company.
Ummm…EA has made profits in two of their last quarters, have $2 bil in cash & s-t investments and a low debt to equity ratio. They are fine.
Unlike Activision, they are ahead of the game on mobile gaming.
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sousedbergin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Not uncommon – known as a “bone in a blanket” (i.e. with bread)
Not uncommon to suckle on the rib of a fallen comrade in year of poor harvest.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Of all the memes that have come and gone, I would have never guess this one would have lasted so long. And there isn’t even anything wrong with Coop. Except for that one time he kissed a dude.
/Sorry, Coop.
The meme isn’t really about coop anymore…it’s just a substitute for “gay” and “homo” so we don’t offend the stick bundle contingent.
/I support the right for Coops to marry
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squawkbox Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:35 PM
While I was in college, I always had money for gas and food.
Oh wait… no I didn’t. Life is kinda of a bitch, huh?
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ms621 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:35 PM
Federal Pell Grants are also no longer available during the summer. So some athletes aren’t getting as much as they did the last couple of years (when summer Pell did exist).
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:35 PM
/I support the right for Coops to marry
But not each other… that’s just gross.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:35 PM
still dont get why everyone is so against paying the players. and “how do you pay everyone” is not an argument against it.
easy question: Should college football players be financially compensated beyond the scholarship. simple yes/no.
we got a playoff … we’ll get the players money.
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payaso Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:36 PM
I assume that when JMac keeps raving about things being bigger and better here in the fall, that includes hiring a minimum wage copy editor
I believe he’s actually waiting for some go-getter “intern” to do it for free, like that guy who does the screenshots and gifs.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Mike is now a part-timer, Miguel. June was his first full month on staff. He has a full-time gig.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Troll hard
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Babar 2.0 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
we got a playoff … we’ll get the players money.
You can say it…”I got a playoff…I’ll get the players money.”
/Jason Peart
//Mole’s joke
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sousedbergin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
You do realize what the EA law suits are going to lead to, right? EA Sports doesn’t use any correct information for rosters. Fans generate correct rosters and make them available to download. The players still never receive any money.
Again if someone made a video game of my work and there was a shiftless looking character my size with a 99 rating in whiskey consumption I would consider that my likeness sales be damned.
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cracker jack Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
we got a playoff … we’ll get the players money.
Oh dear
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
we got a playoff … we’ll get the players money.
/ups the COMSCORE ranking by 12 BCS Commissioners
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oskie Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
maybe he shouldn’t spend so much on weed and beer
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ButtersBC Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
“how do you pay everyone” is not an argument against it
No, but the lack of workable answer to the question is…unless you’re still advocating eliminating all sports except for football and men’s basketball
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Gerard Portmanteau Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:40 PM
still dont get why everyone is so against paying the players. and “how do you pay everyone” is not an argument against it.
It isn’t? Good to know. SALARIES AND SCHOLLIES FOR ALL!
Also, meal plans, preferential housing, the ancillary (ahem) benefits of being a football player, academic hand-hold–er, tutoring…hell, let’s also put ‘em on the tenure track. Why the fuck not.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:40 PM
Electronic Arts hasn’t turned a profit in five years, they’re hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars and have been killing off sub-divisions for the last four years. They’re basically a much bigger version of Schilling’s company.
How the fuck can a company that makes $60 a pop video games and untold millions in DLC be on the verge of bankruptcy?
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:40 PM
Mike is now a part-timer, Miguel. June was his first full month on staff. He has a full-time gig.
When does he start working?
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sousedbergin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:40 PM
While I was in college, I always had money for gas and food.
Oh wait… no I didn’t. Life is kinda of a bitch, huh?
Walked both ways to school up hill barefoot during blizzards, votes
pro-hill pro-blizzard cause fuck you that’s why.
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HuskerDawg Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:41 PM
easy question: Should college football players be financially compensated beyond the scholarship. simple yes/no.
They should be paid the full cost of attendance. Not the full cost of attendance as if you were a kid who’s dad was loaded, mind you, but a reasonable amount. If they choose to live off campus, they should be given a fair market amount for housing.
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illformula Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:41 PM
we’ll get the players money.
is it a flat rate or are players paid on the basis of their “attraction” value?
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scripty Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:41 PM
I don’t see any problem with his bitching on Twitter. Someone messed up and that’s not the kids fault
I can see bitching about it. I’d be curious to his course of action to resolve the situation. I’d guess 50/50 these tweets were his first and only response.
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squawkbox Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:41 PM
I had 2 summer jobs for 3 years, small partial academic scholarship and small govt based grants. I graduated owing less than $4K.
But I wasn’t able to fulfill my dreams of rolling with a neck tattoo, diamond studs, four gold rings, 20inch rims and 400Amps.
So, sure, pay the players.
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scripty Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:41 PM
we’ll get the players money.
TAX THEM 20%.
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ms621 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:42 PM
easy question: Should college football players be financially compensated beyond the scholarship. simple yes/no.
They are. Stipends and Pell Grants.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:43 PM
still dont get why everyone is so against paying the players
From an AD perspective:
1. Because it cuts into their own profit
2. Because they don’t have to.
From a fan perspective:
1. It’s not my money, who gives a shit?
2. Don’t raise my ticket prices.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Yea, that doesn’t make sense, re: EA. sales for Call of Duty alone are astronomical just doing quick math.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Husker, as many have noted, the Olympic model should be in place. They should be able to capitalize on their likeness. Jerseys sold with your number? You should get a cut (even if it is small). Why can’t star college athletes be in commercials?
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Gerard Portmanteau Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:43 PM
They are. Stipends and Pell Grants.
DOES NOT COMPUTE
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HuskerDawg Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:43 PM
No, but the lack of workable answer to the question is…unless you’re still advocating eliminating all sports except for football and men’s basketball
Exactly. To change the status quo you need solutions, not the other way around. So when people say, “well, how would you pay them?” That’s not an assault on your argument, but rather a rational next step in debating the issue.
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scripty Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:43 PM
I’d prefer nuking all NCAA sports and letting pro minor leagues establish themselve and pay players market rates, before paying these guys more than they get now.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Mike is now a part-timer, Miguel. June was his first full month on staff. He has a full-time gig.
When does he start working?
WWoS – Read it again.
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cracker jack Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Seeing as most university athletics dont turn a profit, I’m guessing ‘pay the players’ results in roughly a *500% tuition hike for the rest of us common folk
*calculation may be slightly off
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phillymantis915 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:44 PM
How the fuck can a company that makes $60 a pop video games and untold millions in DLC be on the verge of bankruptcy?
Did you see my comment? They are fine. Just b/c they have a $11 share price doesn’t mean the end of the world. They make the most money off of the iTunes store of any publisher.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:44 PM
I had 2 summer jobs for 3 years, small partial academic scholarship and small govt based grants. I graduated owing less than $4K.
But I wasn’t able to fulfill my dreams of rolling with a neck tattoo, diamond studs, four gold rings, 20inch rims and 400Amps.
So, sure, pay the players.
You should have been good at sports.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:44 PM
oh, you think “we” means “we” as in this website?
LOL
that’s funny
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QueeferSutherland Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Yeah, the dude had a right to bitch, but he should also understand how dumb he sounds doing it. I’d be all for increasing the stipends they receive because as much as I think college kids should have a job, DI football is an intensive, year-round commitment. But flat out paying them on a scale? Hell no.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:45 PM
I’d like to see a reaction from the players if they were told they’d be compensated, but they can’t touch the money until they graduate. Sort of a reward savings
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Mike is now a part-timer, Miguel. June was his first full month on staff. He has a full-time gig.
When does he start working?
WWoS – Read it again.
#facepalm
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phillymantis915 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Seeing as most university athletics dont turn a profit, I’m guessing ‘pay the players’ results in roughly a *500% tuition hike for the rest of us common folk
+ $1.1 Trillion in Student Loan debt
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HuskerDawg Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:46 PM
Husker, as many have noted, the Olympic model should be in place. They should be able to capitalize on their likeness. Jerseys sold with your number? You should get a cut (even if it is small). Why can’t star college athletes be in commercials?
Do you cap it? Do you limit who can pay them? What’s to keep the kids from being bought by boosters who happen to own things, like car dealerships or lumber companies? Are you cool with only the stars getting money? Do you think it would create an environment that is fertile for team chemistry if 6 of 85 players are paid for endorsements?
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ButtersBC Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:47 PM
as many have noted, the Olympic model should be in place
Oh, agree with this…just don’t allow the universities to pay them actual salaries and I’m good
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oskie Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Do you cap it? Do you limit who can pay them? What’s to keep the kids from being bought by boosters who happen to own things, like car dealerships or lumber companies? Are you cool with only the stars getting money? Do you think it would create an environment that is fertile for team chemistry if 6 of 85 players are paid for endorsements?
you ask too many questions. we have a place for people like you…
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ButtersBC Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:48 PM
What’s to keep the kids from being bought by boosters who happen to own things, like car dealerships or lumber companies?
Nothing, but it’s not like competitive balance exists in CFB that this would upend
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QueeferSutherland Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:48 PM
Did you see my comment? They are fine. Just b/c they have a $11 share price doesn’t mean the end of the world. They make the most money off of the iTunes store of any publisher.
I backread, yeah. This makes much more sense. Mass Effect 3 alone earned over $200 million after a month of being on shelves.
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HuskerDawg Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:48 PM
I’d like to see a reaction from the players if they were told they’d be compensated, but they can’t touch the money until they graduate. Sort of a reward savings
I would be all for this. They get the money when they graduate.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Seeing as most university athletics dont turn a profit
Has someone ever done a study on the financial impact of raising the stipend of every scholarship player $2,500 a year?
It would be an astronomical cost.
I know economics isn’t zero-sum… but every extra dollar from tickets/merchandising/etc that goes to a student, has to be taken from another student, or from the person buying the shirt/ticket. I’m not paying $10 extra for a ticket so some college kid can buy his children food, then get rich in the NFL, unless he plans on paying me back.
/Dear Jay Cutler, enclosed is an invoice and a copy of my ticket stub from a game I attended in 2006
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Babar 2.0 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Husker, as many have noted, the Olympic model should be in place. They should be able to capitalize on their likeness. Jerseys sold with your number? You should get a cut (even if it is small). Why can’t star college athletes be in commercials?
So T.Boone Pickens could promise every 5-star recruit $500k to be in a wind farm commercial? You would get more competitive imbalance than before.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Amazing. Best video…
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sousedbergin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Should college football players be financially compensated beyond the scholarship. simple yes/no.
I vacillate between:
1. I recognize economically the players are serfs and a small number of people are unfairly making fucktons of money from their labour.
2. I understand that paying the players could potentially ruin college football and I really really enjoy college football so fuck em.
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HuskerDawg Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Nothing, but it’s not like competitive balance exists in CFB that this would upend
Of course it exists, but it exists based on past excellence. Why does ND get recruits? Tradition. That shit matters in college. For the umpteenth time, if you want the NFL…WATCH THE FUCKING NFL. College is different, and its differences make it unique.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:51 PM
On twitter, I prefer to complain about my gas after I eat.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Do the people at the counter at McDonalds get a cut of each Big Mac?
If players can capitalize on their likeness, that’s maybe 100 that can successfully get some cash that way. How could a majority of players do that without taking money away from the school/AD/other greedy bastards.
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Seeing as most university athletics dont turn a profit, I’m guessing ‘pay the players’ results in roughly a *500% tuition hike for the rest of us common folk
*calculation may be slightly off
It’s a simple as eliminating the sports that don’t make profits, or can’t be supported by sport-specific donations from rich alumni.
What is so hard about that?
If no one is watching lacrosse, tennis, etc., who gives a shit if they get eliminated?
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molemaninthemorning Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Huh. Could have sworn they hadn’t turned profit, maybe that was their total equity, I remember reading a few months back about how they were in big trouble. They absolutely have been killing divisions though.
I’ll defer on this though, but at the same time, they’re sure as shit not going to want to pay any more for football rights.
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illformula Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:53 PM
If they choose to live off campus, they should be given a fair market amount for housing
no, living off campus is a choice. college is partially about learning responsibility in the real world and the financial impacts of your decisions.
want to live in luxury? pay for luxury.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:53 PM
It’s a simple as eliminating the sports that don’t make profits, or can’t be supported by sport-specific donations from rich alumni. What is so hard about that? If no one is watching lacrosse, tennis, etc., who gives a shit if they get eliminated?
This a serious post?
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
NFL…WATCH THE FUCKING NFL. College is different, and its differences make it unique.
This was the best anti-BCS/playoff argument. The point isn’t to crown a champion of a playoffs, it’s to identify the best team… something most professional playoffs fail to do.
/fuck the Giants
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HuskerDawg Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
So T.Boone Pickens could promise every 5-star recruit $500k to be in a wind farm commercial? You would get more competitive imbalance than before.
Exactly. Slippery slope arguments are usually weak, but this is one case where they aren’t. The pandoras box that would open would be INSANE. As of now the players are essentially paid a little money to be an intern, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
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Ty_Webb Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
no more twitter for you dipshits
/Bo Pelini
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molemaninthemorning Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:55 PM
we got a playoff … we’ll get the players money.
I genuinely do not understand how you see a correlation here.
Do you honestly think that a playoff was instituted because we – the fans – wanted it? It was instituted because they were able to find a model that was more financially profitable to the schools than the BCS model.
Paying the players, no matter where it comes from, takes a cut from the schools.
So because the schools made a decision to implement a changed based on the fact that it would gain them money, they’ll make a decision to implement a change that will cost them money?
That logic is absurd.
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illformula Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:55 PM
On twitter, I prefer to complain about my gas after I eat.
is that a “zing” or a “snap?”
/SNL
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:55 PM
It’s a simple as eliminating the sports that don’t make profits
So basically, fuck the Olympics, which relies on college programs to develop talent in most sports.
/pours one out for billybuckner
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:55 PM
Amazing. Best video…
Awesome. He sounded like Mr.Garrison when he said “Oh, Jesus Christ!”
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sousedbergin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:55 PM
I had 2 summer jobs for 3 years, small partial academic scholarship and small govt based grants. I graduated owing less than $4K.
What year? I will then calculate the drastic increases recently with tuition against youth unemployment and stagnant wages. You’ll come up with it not being possible to escape presently with only 4k in debt.
The bullshit education bubble should not be subsidized on the backs of the large and fast. Fuck you if people need to run fast in order to help pay for your useless fucking degree and mounting debt, suck a dick.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:56 PM
i think we should have college players stop using jersey numbers, wear full face masks, and alternate positions so you can’t tell who they are, and college’s can’t make money off merchandise or licensing using the players and their likeness.
/crazy, i know
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:56 PM
This a serious post?
Based on who said it, I am guessing no.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:57 PM
I had 2 summer jobs for 3 years, small partial academic scholarship and small govt based grants. I graduated owing less than $4K.
i graduated with $16K in debt b/c i went to a smaller school and a gov’t loan. even if i went to a $40k/year university i’d still probably be working where i am or out of work with more debt.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Some of you are taking a Rusty post way too literally.
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Exactly. Slippery slope arguments are usually weak, but this is one case where they aren’t. The pandoras box that would open would be INSANE. As of now the players are essentially paid a little money to be an intern, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
The Pandora’s box argument is dead. You already have players being funded under the table by shady drug dealers, prostitute peddlers, etc.
If Boone Pickens gets involved, at least it would be out in the open.
You’re making the “weed should be illegal” argument without realizing it.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:01 PM
/ OT
The love child of John Daly and Bobby Petrino.
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BostonCanSuckIt Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Seeing as most university athletics dont turn a profit, I’m guessing ‘pay the players’ results in roughly a *500% tuition hike for the rest of us common folk
*calculation may be slightly off
Athletic departments do not contribute to the general operating funds of most (if not all) univserities involved in major college athletics. They have completely seperate bugets and are essentially a totally different business entity from the academic institution. Tuition would be unaffected by paying players. Your
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HuskerDawg Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:01 PM
The Pandora’s box argument is dead. You already have players being funded under the table by shady drug dealers, prostitute peddlers, etc.
You really don’t, though. Getting a $50 handshake by Trooper Taylor every week isn’t the same thing as some car dealer paying a kid 6 figures. Saying that’s the same thing as a free steak dinner on the hush doesn’t hold water to me.
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Ty_Webb Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:03 PM
if we are going to talk about paying the players, shouldn’t we get some experts in here?
Where is Ritty/Auburn alumni
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ButtersBC Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:04 PM
If boosters want to give college kids large sums of money they’ll never see back good on them, finally trickle-down economics that work
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:04 PM
You already have players being funded under the table by shady drug dealers, prostitute peddlers, etc.
Could you give me a call when you have a sec?
/Darren Rovell
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:05 PM
I had 2 summer jobs for 3 years, small partial academic scholarship and small govt based grants. I graduated owing less than $4K.
I worked part-time jobs throughout the school year, worked better jobs in the summers, earned a full-ride academic scholarship senior year and graduated owing $0 in student loans.
Of course, I graduated from LSU, so my education was worth about $0.
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GloriousMullet Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:05 PM
“I thought we switched to ‘Bi’”
/coop’d
Who the fuck is this WWOS shithead? I’ve read like 5 posts today and in every one of them this moron is taking lame, pathetic shots at my expense for no comprehensible reason.
If someone wants to make a joke at my expense, have at it. Do it in a funny way and we’ll all have a good laugh. But saying something stupid because you’re too fucking dumb to have anything interesting to say is not acceptable.
I dont know who you are, or what the fuck your problem is, but if I see my name come out of your stupid mouth once more, you will be done here.
/the new Coop’d
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HuskerDawg Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:05 PM
The argument “the players should be paid” is a non starter anyway. What those who want that should be saying if they were being honest is that the players should be paid more than they already are.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
Separate budget is irrelevant. When almost every school is facing huge budget cuts that are adversely impacting the quality of education and traditional students are facing record tuition and fee (including athletic fees) hikes each year, taking money from a separate fund to pay the players would be a catastrophically stupid decision on any school’s part. All of a sudden you’ve lost all leverage when you propose hikes the next year, students will rightly ask why the excess money from the athletic department (not that that really exists at most schools) shouldn’t be put into actual university purposes.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
if we are going to talk about paying the players, shouldn’t we get some experts in here?
Where is Ritty/Auburn alumni
To be fair, technically Auburn falls under “paying the player’s father.”
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:08 PM
Do the people at the counter at McDonalds get a cut of each Big Mac?
To a certain extent, yes. It’s called their wages.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:10 PM
I dont know who you are, or what the fuck your problem is, but if I see my name come out of your stupid mouth once more, you will be done here.
Wait, mullet is coop? Who the fuck are you?
/coop
//happy?
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:10 PM
I assume that when JMac keeps raving about things being bigger and better here in the fall, that includes hiring a minimum wage copy editor
Nope, he’s gonna put them on scholarship. That way he won’t have to pay them anything.
/ PAY THE PLAYERS
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Ty_Webb Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:13 PM
@ gloriousmullet
“Charske Don’t Surf” would be an acceptable Fantasy Football team name
/Todd Charske
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GloriousMullet Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Wait, mullet is coop? Who the fuck are you?
/coop
//happy?
Negative, not coop. That’s coop’s write-up attack that he aimed at me.
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Ty_Webb Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Negative, not coop. That’s coop’s write-up attack that he aimed at me.
hello tower this is Maverick requesting a fly-by….
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scripty Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
They have completely seperate bugets and are essentially a totally different business entity from the academic institution. Tuition would be unaffected by paying players.
Not true. A few mega-powers do have this, but across the board this is not accurate. I’d say maybe 20 schools. When I was in school in the late 90′s a study shown that 4 schools had actuall profit in athletic departments. Also, there would so many lawyers suing the shit out of people to ensure every athlete gets paid the same, the overall cost to an athletic department would be high.
Athletic departments could be profitable, but the money goes to an arms race of coach salaries, locker room palaces, travel costs, stadium updates for $10 million dollar scoreboards, etc that makes the costs constantly increase.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
we’ll get the players money.
TAX THEM ~~20%~~ 39.6%.
/ Roundup’d
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Negative, not coop. That’s coop’s write-up attack that he aimed at me.
Ah, I miss out on all the fun times here. I was confused.
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sousedbergin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:16 PM
I worked part-time jobs throughout the school year, worked better jobs in the summers, earned a full-ride academic scholarship senior year and graduated owing $0 in student loans.
Now to be fair you attended that school when people could be used as legal tender.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:17 PM
Negative, not coop. That’s coop’s write-up attack that he aimed at me.
That was a glorious moment in commenter history, and it resulted in Mullet getting his own meme. Albeit one linked to Coop.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Now to be fair you attended that school when people could be used as legal tender.
And so was fired the first shot in The War of SousedBergin Aggression ….
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molemaninthemorning Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Also, there would so many lawyers suing the shit out of people to ensure every athlete gets paid the same, the overall cost to an athletic department would be high.
Doesn’t Title IX basically make paying players logistically impossible because of that aspect? I know it’s been talked about in the comments on here a fair bit.
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
When I was in school in the late 90′s a study shown that 4 schools had actuall profit in athletic departments.
Too many unprofitable sports, too much money going to administrators & coaches.
We need a system that allows for a potential wealth transfer.
It could shake out such that the players are already getting a market rate. But we’ll see.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Also, “people used as legal tender” feeds perfectly back into the whole scholarship/slavery issue.
PAY THE PLAYERS!!
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GloriousMullet Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Ah, I miss out on all the fun times here. I was confused.
Click here, it won’t dissapoint.
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Gerard Portmanteau Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:23 PM
Negative, not coop. That’s coop’s write-up attack that he aimed at me.
That was a glorious moment in commenter history, and it resulted in Mullet getting his own meme. Albeit one linked to Coop.
Been a while since I’ve come by. All these memes are new to me.
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scripty Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:29 PM
We need a system that allows for a potential wealth transfer.
Right, pro sports. Minor leagues. Just take all the sports to the private sector, away from the universities and let the market do it’s thing. I am yet to hear why it’s better to have a system created for education serve as our sports training ground, vs. having a business model solely focused on developing athletes.
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:32 PM
I am yet to hear why it’s better to have a system created for education serve as our sports training ground, vs. having a business model solely focused on developing athletes.
It’s not better. It’s just more cost effective for the leagues, so they’ll rightfully never try to fight it.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:32 PM
hello tower this is Maverick requesting a fly-by….
Negative, ghost rider. The pattern is full…
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
/cue Steve Stevens

//not Van Halen
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rittyrich Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Damn. Sorry I missed this one. I love the “just because” arguments of the pay the players crowd, who, as it turns out, are also the “we got the playoff” that’s actually “not really a playoff” and definitely “not anything close to what they wanted,” so, on a similar line of thinking, whenever college players get an extra $100 a semester, I’ll assume the pay the players crowd will feel similarly vindicated.
In other news, I’m going to try this out at my place of business. I get paid $x by oil companies who make $millions, potentially, off of my work product. Wonder how far the “it’s not far” argument is going to take me? I do imagine I’ll have a lot more time on my hands to comment.
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squawkbox Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:47 PM
What year? I will then calculate the drastic increases recently with tuition against youth unemployment
Relevant? Slightly.
You missed the point … I rode a bicycle for the first 2 years of college and a beater car for the next 2 years. I have no tattoos, no piercings, and I didn’t have a gaudy set of chrome rims on my car equivalent to 4 months rent and a stereo worth 3 months rent. At some point, I don’t feel any pity. Sell the fucking car and ride a damn bike.
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:50 PM
I get paid $x by oil companies who make $millions, potentially, off of my work product.
At least you’re limiting yourself to only apples to apples comparisons.
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Gerard Portmanteau Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:51 PM
I have no tattoos, no piercings
Pssh, that’s what homemade guns are for y’all.
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sousedbergin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:53 PM
I get paid $x by oil companies who make $millions, potentially, off of my work product. Wonder how far the “it’s not far” argument is going to take me? I do imagine I’ll have a lot more time on my hands to comment.
If X amount was below minimum wage within monopoly I think you would act differently.
You missed the point … I rode a bicycle for the first 2 years of college and a beater car for the next 2 years. I have no tattoos, no piercings, and I didn’t have a gaudy set of chrome rims on my car equivalent to 4 months rent and a stereo worth 3 months rent. At some point, I don’t feel any pity. Sell the fucking car and ride a damn bike.
A lot of this is stereotyping and if you arguing that players shouldn’t be paid whilst encouraging someone to ride a bike in the Nebraska winter isn’t helping your case. Maybe 1.8 million Bo Pelini can ride a fucking bike.
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rittyrich Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:59 PM
If X amount was below minimum wage within monopoly I think you would act differently.
It isn’t, of course, on either side. The annual salary at minimum wage is going to be, what, $15k? I’m going to guess the cost of attendance for an in-state student at Auburn is $25k. Out-of-state, $40k.
I’d also like to see some numbers on the % of football players who get a degree and get a job when they graduate. I’m guessing those that do get a job 10/10 after their “serfdom” is up.
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jthussler Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Been a while since I’ve come by. All these memes are new to me.
Alphonso Smith.
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Badger Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Just take all the sports to the private sector, away from the universities and let the market do it’s thing.
There wouldn’t be a market without the tie to a university.
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sousedbergin Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 2:06 PM
I’d also like to see some numbers on the % of football players who get a degree and get a job when they graduate. I’m guessing those that do get a job 10/10 after their “serfdom” is up.
This is true 100% of people with jobs got a job.
A degree doesn’t mean shit anymore.
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Mike NYC Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 2:07 PM
There wouldn’t be a market without the tie to a university.
There would be a market, it would just be a completely different one.
Maybe some enterprising young person — the proprietor of this site, perhaps — could build-up a private, free-market alternative league to CFB, and pay the players. And see how that works out.
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Gerard Portmanteau Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Been a while since I’ve come by. All these memes are new to me.
Alphonso Smith.
What I mostly love is that this is an entirely two-person meme.
I think the next step for us is moving in.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Ah, I miss out on all the fun times here. I was confused.
Click here, it won’t dissapoint.
One of the joys of that thread was that it briefly brought Pennypacker back into the fold. Let me re-emphasize: briefly.
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rittyrich Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 2:10 PM
This is true 100% of people with jobs got a job.
A degree doesn’t mean shit anymore.
I agree for regular students. But football players who are idolized by grown men who own businesses, have hiring capabilities, etc.? I’m guessing they get jobs a little bit easier.
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Nada Says:
July 11th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
football players who are idolized by grown men who own businesses, have hiring capabilities, etc.? I’m guessing they get jobs a little bit easier.
That’s how most of the guys I played high school ball with got their jobs. They didn’t even go on to college, just went to work for the prep boosters.