(10-05-2019 10:33 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 08:06 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 07:50 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(10-04-2019 07:46 AM)Renandpat Wrote:  The tone-deafness served with a side of arrogance.

Yes, as "Sierra" said, if the "college model" is amateur, how on earth does Mark Emmert have a job with a $2.5m annual salary? Why isn't he a volunteer, like a dad who coaches a town little league team?

The model he refers to is fully professional for the schools, amateur only for the players.

Lol, its hypocrisy bordering on evil.

Seriously. And I love that now the guy is like “we wish we could pay these kids,” while schools cashed in on jerseys and using images and likenesses to grab a buck for ages. No efforts made until it went to court. Where they fought against the notion.

Just plain false, revisionist history.

To be (somewhat) fair to Emmert, since taking the job, he wanted to give $2,000 stipends to athletes but was rejected by the membership in 2011 and 2013, before the Power 5 received their autonomy. After getting shot down by the membership before the O'Bannon and Alston cases went to Judge Wilken, he just is now repeating the party line from the membership, aka "the schools make the rules".