Texas to pay all scholarship athletes $10K

WylieTexasTider · Oct 22, 2014

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/co...ules-longhorns-will-pay-each-player-10000.ece

It will be interesting to see how quickly other schools announce their plans. I'd imagine most schools will have to match in order to not lose kids on signing day. IMO the real winners will be athletes in sports that have to split scholarships amongst players such as baseball.

crimsonaudio · Oct 22, 2014

WylieTexasTider said:
It will be interesting to see how quickly other schools announce their plans. I'd imagine most schools will have to match in order to not lose kids on signing day. IMO the real winners will be athletes in sports that have to split scholarships amongst players such as baseball.

There are probably less than 20 schools in the country that can follow this lead (Bama is one of them). Smart move by Texas.

bamamc1 · Oct 22, 2014

Some folks will probably be getting a pay cut.

WylieTexasTider · Oct 22, 2014

crimsonaudio said:
There are probably less than 20 schools in the country that can follow this lead (Bama is one of them). Smart move by Texas.

CA, that number may even be less than 20... According to a USA Today report only 15 schools (Texas, BAMA, Mich, OSU, Florida, OU, LSU, Oregon, Arky, aTm, Kansas, FSU, Washington, Mizzou Army) profited more than $6MM in 2012-13. Another report shows the number to be 10 (Previously mentioned schools less Arky, FSU, Wash, Mizzou & Army.)

Most of the schools in the power 5 conferences have wealthy alumni who can easily bankroll paying the players but, it could take out some of the smaller schools such as TCU, Baylor, Vandy, Wake Forrest, etc. Wouldn't be suprised at all if this leads to a group of 32-40 schools forming a new level of "top" college football over the next decade.

WylieTexasTider · Oct 22, 2014

If Lowder only has to pay $10K per player he may not know what to do with all of his extra cash!

bamamc1 said:
Some folks will probably be getting a pay cut.

russtang · Oct 22, 2014

That's nice and all but it still won't stop illegal payments/benefits from continuing.

crimsonaudio · Oct 22, 2014

russtang said:
That's nice and all but it still won't stop illegal payments/benefits from continuing.

I'm not sure that's even the motivation, though it will stem that from happening in some cases.

AgentAntiOrange · Oct 22, 2014

russtang said:
That's nice and all but it still won't stop illegal payments/benefits from continuing.

Agreed. There is no accounting for the "more" factor.

CrimsonForce · Oct 22, 2014

This is why this is a horrible idea. But we are in the "everybody gets a trophy society"

bamaslammer · Oct 22, 2014

Too late to shove the worms back in the can. It just gets uglier from here.

RTR91 · Oct 22, 2014

@darrenrovell
Update: Texas is NOT proactively paying its players $10K/year. AD was asked what school would do IF NCAA lost O'Bannon.

92tide · Oct 22, 2014

CrimsonForce said:
This is why this is a horrible idea. But we are in the "everybody gets a trophy society"

wouldn't this be more like, scholarship athletes get a trophy, rather than everyone gets a trophy?

Gr8hope · Oct 22, 2014

Will this lead to smaller rosters, demand for better performance, greater competition for playing time? If this is just the start, how long before college sports are merely minor league pro?

While I would be in favor of some of the changes this could bring I can see many more problems.

**Ah, now I see your post RTR91. That's good.

Bama Czar · Oct 22, 2014

bamamc1 said:
Some folks will probably be getting a pay cut.

No, they'll still get that "other money" too.... This will not change that at all.

CrimsonForce · Oct 22, 2014

92tide said:
wouldn't this be more like, scholarship athletes get a trophy, rather than everyone gets a trophy?

No. The basketball and football programs at Texas pay for all the other sports..

Padreruf · Oct 22, 2014

Between this and the UNC scandal remember this day. The earthquake went from Chapel Hill to Austin.

crimsonaudio · Oct 22, 2014

CrimsonForce said:
No. The basketball and football programs at Texas pay for all the other sports..

Title IX

CrimsonForce · Oct 22, 2014

crimsonaudio said:
Title IX

I understand. My premise is players shouldn't be paid. I used Darren Rovells tweet in my OP in this thread to back up my point. I'm not saying I'm right or there is a right answer - it's just my opinion..

CrimsonChuck · Oct 22, 2014

bamamc1 said:
Some folks will probably be getting a pay cut.

Winner of this thread. :biggrin2:

From the article:

Patterson said UT won’t have problems paying the extra $6 million to its players. That money will break down to about $10,000 for each player. The money will cover college expenses that aren’t covered by a traditional full scholarship and give each player $5,000 in compensation for the university’s use of his image.

This probably means that we will actually be able to purchase jerseys for active players.

92tide · Oct 22, 2014

CrimsonForce said:
No. The basketball and football programs at Texas pay for all the other sports..

you missed the point. scholarship athletes are already an accomplished sub-set of "everyone" who are already being given a "trophy" (which they earned btw). if giving every scholarship athlete an additional $10k is "giving a trophy to everyone" then giving an athletic scholarship to those same folks in the first place is "giving a trophy to everyone"

this is not to say this is a good or bad idea.

i personally think that a full ride is plenty, but understand (somewhat) where this is coming from.

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