Unconquered

Think some people forget that. I remember whe Gamecock fans thought that he might go elsewhere an administrator at his high school was openly talking about his transcripts saying he wasn't going to qualify anyway. As much as I love it College football is clearly about exploiting these kids talents for gigantic profits.. Good business model

Jimbo makes 3mill

Kids get 50k worth of scholarships and food.

NFL coach gets 4 mill and average player gets over a mill.

Great deal

I completely disagree. It has everything to do with players physically maturing and it gives teams more game tape to review. Teams make fewer mistakes across the board with the exception of QB. The Players Union were big proponets of this rule as they wanted to protect their current members. This is very similar to the rookie wage scale in both the NBA and the NFL. Both unions agreed to this on the basis that those monies be spent on the veteran players.

In my opinion, this rule doesnt increase an NFL teams fan base at all. Are more people going to follow Clowney and his NFL team because he spent 3 years at SC instead of 2?

Why did the NBA adopt it, when there is zero physical risk.... and the fastest way to develop as an athlete is in the bigs? Because of the value of having MJ come into the league with Tarheel fans... vs... having Lebron/Kobe come in with no college following... It opens your door to the subset of fans who closely follow a college.

And... yes, more (casual) SC fans will get to know Clowney better, developing a closer emotional bond. And generally, this is how human nature works, do you love a girl after the first date? Or more after the first month? How about the second? The emotion of liking/loving generally increases as time passes, if all variables remain the same.

There are also roughly 1,700 NFL players versus roughly 10,000 NCAA players.

FSU generated $82 million this year while the average NFL team generated $259 million. Not an entirely fair comparison.

For most college players it is a great deal. For the ones that are on the front page of espn throughout the season and who are used by the networks to promote the big games every Saturday it's not such a good deal. Those tv contracts are worth billions. The scholarships the players receive do not even come close to being fair compensation for the amount of money their skill generates.

Also, I rarely if ever hear about college players complaining about this so I'm not sure what your talking about with entitlement mentality.

Yes if stud football players no longer needed to attend college to be able to go pro many of us would care much less about the outcome of the FSU v uf football game. The tv contracts wouldn't be worth billions anymore. It would become similar to college baseball or DIV 2 football. Less fans and much less money.

I agree completely that it will mark the end of FSU.

But that doesn't change the fact that for star players, like Clowney, people are making millions off his name and in return he gets to attend school for free. It isn't a good deal for him. There isn't a good solution here, but pretending some players (not all) aren't getting screwed over isn't helping.

Right or wrong, college athletics promote equality. These players don't have to go to college if they feel they are being exploited. They are being given a $50,000 education and in a lot of cases, significantly more than that. We act as if they're being taken advantage of. Every successful business model is the same way. The CEOs of the world make the chunk change while the laborers see very little (NFL just had a dispute over this). That's just the way capitalism works; you earn your stripes.

The average FSU player is getting .11% of FSU's TV revenue while the average NFL player is getting .35% their team's TV revenue, but keep in mind the NCAA allows 32 more players on the "payroll".

It's not apples to apples, but I saw a 40% raise upon graduation. These elite athletes are seeing a 5,000% "raise" upon "graduation" on average ($700,000 a year) and in most cases, significantly more.

That has been and always will be a ridiculous counter argument.. You get into college to better yourself in any way possible. Use that argument when a pharmaceutical major is interning at Eli And Lilly for 20 plus hours a week for 4 years and flying all over the country doing seminars for them to keep their scholarships...

That's less than 2% of an 100 man roster though.. Not equivalent to the normal student body.. I don't get this free education stuff.. Athletes perform a service for their scholarships.. Not Sallie Mae but not just keep a certain gpa and rock on either..

Lets be clear.. I grew up in a small town. My way to my education was by way of becoming an Aviation Storekeeper in the United States Navy.. So trust me I know about earning my stripes though. We just disagree slightly that's all

If you allow him to go pro, you will start an a avalanche that will kill college football just like it has college basketball.