HoustonTXGopher
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Should college athletes get paid on top of the scholarship and other benefits that they receive? What ever your thoughts are on this, I am trying to asses whether a move to letting players capitalize on their celebrity would help or hurt U of M athletics?
I feel like if a college athlete is going to make sponsorship money that attending a college with a large surrounding community would be beneficial. The opportunities for a programs top few players would be tenfold in the Twin Cities vs most college towns. I think regardless of how the mechanics work out, any high player that thinks they can make additional dollars in school using their name is going to be more likely to attend say, Miami, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma, Minnesota etc, versus Iowa City, East Lansing, and most schools in the south.
I think it would be another selling point coaches could use to lure athletes to MN given the local opportunities rather than attending a traditional smaller college town.
Am I nuts for thinking this way, and do you think this is going to happen in the next couple of years?
I feel like if a college athlete is going to make sponsorship money that attending a college with a large surrounding community would be beneficial. The opportunities for a programs top few players would be tenfold in the Twin Cities vs most college towns. I think regardless of how the mechanics work out, any high player that thinks they can make additional dollars in school using their name is going to be more likely to attend say, Miami, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma, Minnesota etc, versus Iowa City, East Lansing, and most schools in the south.
I think it would be another selling point coaches could use to lure athletes to MN given the local opportunities rather than attending a traditional smaller college town.
Am I nuts for thinking this way, and do you think this is going to happen in the next couple of years?