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Florida proposes student athletes compensation bill

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Depends on how much Miami will pay kids, I don’t think we’ll see many Amari Cooper-Calvin Ridley-Jerry Jeudy type of kids leaving the state as much.
 
There needs to be a cap. Players would make a lot more in Bama and schools like that with the amount of alumni they have. Who is going to hand the negotiations? Kids will be signing with agents while in high school.
 
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SoFlaSmitty said:
There needs to be a cap. Players would make a lot more in Bama and schools like that with the amount of alumni they have. Who is going to hand the negotiations? Kids will be signing with agents while in high school.
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I heard of 16 year old gymnasts getting agents.
Even if it’s for free swag or protein shakes and leotards.
It’s going to be a blood bath down here. Nike and adidas are going to hand out swag like crazy.
Agents are going to be all over high school games (already happening) but now they don’t have to hide.
Manny better be way ahead of this. I mean he better be pursuing every option to make this area prime marketing for college athletes. He also better have us winning games or it’s officially over.
Exposure will be the number one thing kids will be looking at.
 
Gator Hatar said:
Utter shame something so fundamental for all, needs legislative passage for student athletes. Because a good ol boy network wants to continue to exploit the financial potential of student athletes.
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While I agree they shouldn't be prohibited from getting paid it is a VERY complicated issue with a potentially VERY slippery slope. This may shine a light on the bag$ system currently in place but it likely will not change the overall landscape. If Bama/UGA/OSU/Clemson/USC boosters were willing to pony up millions under the table the past 20 years imagine what these guys will do when there are legal ways of now doing it.
 
As long as there are successful people who’s self worth is determined by the success of their college football team, there will never be an even playing field in college football.
 
maurice3p said:
Depends on how much Miami will pay kids, I don’t think we’ll see many Amari Cooper-Calvin Ridley-Jerry Jeudy type of kids leaving the state as much.
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Joking right? Miami administration paying and money to kids is doubtful no less enough to keep them from bama. The hope would be if kids could earn on their own from name and fame thing. Miami is major market and most other kids play in the woods. Miami and USC kids will have advantage and that might help. But schools with huge donors who control endorsement deals(hello OE) could kill it in recruiting.
 
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Talked to a friend who knows recruiting really well and he said this helps because now there will be a "business" that opens and pay kids to advertise there "company" which means now kids can get almost the same amount of money that they would get from a program illegally but can now do it and not get in trouble. Which will help us in recruiting
 
A1cane said:
Talked to a friend who knows recruiting really well and he said this helps because now there will be a "business" that opens and pay kids to advertise there "company" which means now kids can get almost the same amount of money that they would get from a program illegally but can now do it and not get in trouble. Which will help us in recruiting
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Until they get the legal AND illegal money
 
Anything to stop the SEC, or Texas, or OSU from strong-arming companies into signing exclusive contracts with them, so that only players on their teams get the endorsement deals from those companies? I could see something like that happening, even further strengthening their strangle-hold on recruiting.
 
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dk72 said:
Anything to stop the SEC, or Texas, or OSU from strong-arming companies into signing exclusive contracts with them, so that only players on their teams get the endorsement deals from those companies? I could see something like that happening, even further strengthening their strangle-hold on recruiting.
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This could also work in our favor with adidas. We are their biggest brand name.
 
I'm sure there will be a lot of busts... Pay a kid out of highshool.... No idea how he will pan out.
 
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SoFlaSmitty said:
There needs to be a cap. Players would make a lot more in Bama and schools like that with the amount of alumni they have. Who is going to hand the negotiations? Kids will be signing with agents while in high school.
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There isnt a cap in the SEC or at places like Clemson or OSU. I get kids should get paid but this will make those schools more unstoppable then they already are.
 
Dwinstitles said:
There isnt a cap in the SEC or at places like Clemson or OSU. I get kids should get paid but this will make those schools more unstoppable then they already are.
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Thats why there needs to be one. If caught breaking the cap the player is "blacklisted" and agent license taken from them. Got to make the punishment so severe that the risk isnt worth the reward. NFL needs to be on board also with the blacklisting
 
So much debate on this board. First of all, the bills are not saying schools have to pay the athletes, it's that they can be paid for their likeness. Making the Johnny Football autographs perfectly legal and not penalized by the NCAA. Second, it means a return of EA Sports games that have player numbers and stats, but will NOW include NAMES!

Finally, this idea that there is more money in Tuscaloosa than there is in S. Fl is absolutely laughable. Imagine all the Shapiros of S. Fl operating in plain site. Free access to clubs, yacht parties, everything. Every car dealership, pool cleaning company and cruise liner would be competing for endorsements.
 
TheEye said:
Finally, this idea that there is more money in Tuscaloosa than there is in S. Fl is absolutely laughable. Imagine all the Shapiros of S. Fl operating in plain site. Free access to clubs, yacht parties, everything. Every car dealership, pool cleaning company and cruise liner would be competing for endorsements.
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I don't understand this logic at all. Why would any of these "car dealerships and pool cleaning companies" want to pay random athletes? Literally only what would be the equivalent of UM boosters that own said companies would do that.

We really need to find some statistics that deal with the popularity of football (because this is a football school) in south florida as a per capita number and compare that. What you guys fail to realize over and over, and I sound like a broken record now, is that there is a huge difference in popularity of football in Bama vs here. Just because we have 500x the population does not mean that equates to the same per capita. I've posted the biggest football media markets list and Miami doesnt even scratch the top 10. (link: https://collegefootballtalk.nbcspor...al-title-as-college-footballs-best-tv-market/)
 
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