CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profit from Endorsements

Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by tracker1 on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:50PM (#21119061)

Tell that to any injured student... or those students not actually given enough time to study for classes that aren't excessively easy to pass.

IMHO, if you're accepted on a Sports scholarship, you should be allowed to complete at least 5 years of schooling regardless of injury or ability to continue playing, and if you fail to meet scholastic eligibility, you should be released for a year to "catch up" while continuing coursework.

That would more closely resemble a fair exchange. As it stands a significant number of student athletes don't get a real education and/or are dropped before able to complete because of injury.

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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by smileysteve on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:03PM (#21119177)

> if you're accepted on a Sports scholarship, you should be allowed to complete at least 5 years of schooling regardless of injury or ability to continue playing,

This is significantly the argument between Bobby Dodd and Bear Bryant leading to Georgia Tech leaving the SEC.

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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by smileysteve on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:07PM (#21119216)

> regardless of injury or ability to continue playing

And short term disability insurance, and long term disability insurance - along with the school paying for health insurance (currently students are required to have health insurance, but the school isn't required to pay.

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