Tressel got screwed

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by knickslions2

Garbage post! We already have this in place its called pro sports. College athletes get a free education. Rules are in place to prohibit the richest schools from buying all the best players. I'm sick and tired of people saying college athletes should get paid. College is for education. Don't like it then don't go. As for Penn State, they may have had some issues with drinking and fighting over the years but they have been very clean in Joe's years.

Crap, I never once in my post said the school should pay the athlete. In fact I specified all the school should give out is the scholarship. I simply said that if an athlete wants to make money off of non-university people he should be allowed to do that. Have you ever heard of co-op programs at university's for college students?? Would I as a college student ever have gotten in trouble for selling a pair of my worn out shoes for 10 bucks if I desired? could I work in the college cafeteria to make extra bucks if I desired to make extra bucks?? So why can't a college football player accept money from an agent while in college?? It's a load of crap all of the NCAA rules.

And as for Joe, he's the best, but to think no football player was ever on the "take" at PSU is naive beyond comprehension.

And the don't like it don't go doesn't really work in major sports outside of baseball now. They used to let high school players in the NBA...no longer. So they pretty much have to go in both basketball now at least for a year and in football too. Until they get a system like minor league baseball in the NFL and NBA those options don't exist unfortunately. IF they did, I'd agree with you on the don't like it don't go proclamation.

[knickslions2]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

Crap, I never once in my post said the school should pay the athlete. In fact I specified all the school should give out is the scholarship. I simply said that if an athlete wants to make money off of non-university people he should be allowed to do that. Have you ever heard of co-op programs at university's for college students?? Would I as a college student ever have gotten in trouble for selling a pair of my worn out shoes for 10 bucks if I desired? could I work in the college cafeteria to make extra bucks if I desired to make extra bucks?? So why can't a college football player accept money from an agent while in college?? It's a load of crap all of the NCAA rules.

And as for Joe, he's the best, but to think no football player was ever on the "take" at PSU is naive beyond comprehension.

Problem with this is you can't control it. Where is the cut-off. Again the rules are in place to keep an equal playing field. I went to Penn State and know athletes have been giving money or various perks. Difference is Joe dealt with it swift and has many people watching over this. Remember Curtis Enis? Was given a free suit and was thrown off the team. Joe is a dying breed of coaches. It is a shame cause Tressel was a good coach and still could have won if he was more diligent.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by knickslions2

Problem with this is you can't control it. Where is the cut-off. Again the rules are in place to keep an equal playing field. I went to Penn State and know athletes have been giving money or various perks. Difference is Joe dealt with it swift and has many people watching over this. Remember Curtis Enis? Was given a free suit and was thrown off the team. Joe is a dying breed of coaches. It is a shame cause Tressel was a good coach and still could have won if he was more diligent.

There is no cut off. As long as university people aren't paying the athletes let everything else go. Try to enforce some sort of academic integrity in having stricter ineligibility standards. IF some alum wants to give a kid a thousand bucks to buy food or fly home who gives a crap. Yeah, this would be corrupted beyond belief I guess if the university is the one paying in the end. But an agent paying a superstar...who cares?? Why can't a kid earn money while in college?? HOnestly what would change?? Like the SEC still wouldn't dominate the playing field in football? Like Kentucky still wouldn't be good with Calipari in B-Ball?