Gary Parrish: Everybody wins if the NCAA will allow players to accept endorsements

per Parrish:

Big East commissioner Val Ackerman made headlines recently when she told Sports Illustrated the NCAA is contemplating letting student-athletes receive endorsement deals.

"[It's] actually under consideration, I believe, by the NCAA,” Ackerman said.

Interesting, right?

But here's the reality: I checked with the NCAA and was told student-athlete endorsements is not actually on an upcoming governance agenda, at this time. But it's worth noting that conferences can, over the next few months, submit legislation for consideration for the next cycle. So if Ackerman wants the issue of student-athlete endorsements to be under consideration, well, she is somebody who can theoretically make it happen.

And you know what?

I hope she does.

And then I hope others take a hard look at it.

Because it really is a sensible solution to a big problem.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...caa-will-allow-players-to-accept-endorsements

Go Gophers!!

I've always thought this would be a sensible compromise to the issue of paying student athletes, let the market play itself out, let them do autograph signings, put their names on their jerseys, let them do adds for Subway etc

Oregon would certainly be in favor of this.

Is there a limit on what they can endorse?

For example, if the porn industry needed a few spokespersons, they'd be free to approach a big-time collegiate athlete about endorsing their products?

SelectionSunday said:

Is there a limit on what they can endorse?

For example, if the porn industry needed a few spokespersons, they'd be free to approach a collegiate athlete about endorsing their products?

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Kevin Dorsey, maybe megatongue could do an endorsement

SelectionSunday said:

Is there a limit on what they can endorse? For example, if the porn industry needed a few spokespersons, they'd be free to approach a big-time collegiate athlete about endorsing their products?

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I'm sure they could. Just as a few college students have actually done porn. Albeit, the decision to rep a porn company may hurt his other endorsement opportunities.

So if Nike signs endorsement deals with the top recruits and Under Armor does the same, will anyone be able to compete with Oregon and Maryland in recruiting?

I doubt it.