Andrew Yang Policy on NCAA SHOULD PAY ATHLETES

[Sherman A1]

Star Student-Athletes are told that they should be grateful that they are receiving a free education. Meanwhile, schools generate tens of millions in revenue and corporate sponsorship and coaches and athletic directors are paid multiple millions of dollars because of their athletic exploits.

The NCAA should accept the reality that certain of its sports have become entertainment properties and the athletes should be compensated accordingly. This is particularly true for Division I Men’s Football and Men’s Basketball.

We should create a new type of college athlete—“Performer athlete”—who is entitled to market-based compensation. This would not affect the status of any other student-athletes nor the tax-exempt status of the university. However, each university with a “Performer athlete” would be required to start an affiliated taxable for-profit entity through which both corporate sponsorships and Performer athlete salaries would flow.

Paying athletes in certain sports would lead to more resources going to the players who are both the main attraction and putting their bodies on the line each game.

"College sports are awesome and a lot of fun. But it’s pure exploitation that schools make millions off of student athletes, including television contracts and corporate sponsorships, and then hide behind their tax-exempt status as a school of higher education. It’s immoral that these kids are scrounging for meal money while the adults around them are making millions off of them each year. That’s the wrong lesson and the wrong role modeling for them to follow."

https://www.yang2020.com/policies/ncaa-pay-athletes/

[jmowreader]

1. Interesting proposal...which probably won't work

There are only a few schools that have the level of corporate sponsorship needed to fund Yang's performer athletes. If you hated Duke basketball and Alabama football before, wait till they can go to a prospect's house waving money.

[Sherman A1]

2. I personally don't care about sports on any level

Find it all exceptionally boring, but I agree that these kids are being exploited and should receive compensation for the money they bring in to the school. How it is worked out is not real important to me.

[VMA131Marine]

3. This is basically using universities to establish minor leagues

for pro sports teams. In which case, just have the pro teams do it themselves.

I'm still doubtful that this would get around Title IX protections for gender equality in funding. As has also been pointed out few schools bring in enough revenue through sports to pay athletes, but for the ones that can afford it would this start a bidding war for the top prospects? Would we end up with the star performer athletes getting millions to play while most get none or a token amount? Don't forget that most college athletes don't make the pros and will need the education that athletics affords them.

[Sherman A1]

4. I believe that they are already minor leagues for Pro Sports

this proposal just acknowledges the reality that already exists.

[LongtimeAZDem]

5. In the academic fields, if you do something with professional applications, and were paid for it

the University owns the work product.

Lets treat the athletes the same way; if they get a pro contract, the school gets 60% of the contract for the first ten years.

Fair's fair.

[SouthernProgressive]

6. No, they should not.

"This is particularly true for Division I Men’s Football and Men’s Basketball. "

And this delves into sexism and these division one men teams already boost other sports programs on college. Yeah, lets intsitute a program that hurts funding for other sports.

"It’s immoral that these kids are scrounging for meal money "

WTF..Does he understand most of them are on meal plans as a part of their scholarship and the athletic program they are a part of? Yang clearly doesn't know what he is talking about.

[Sherman A1]

7. I believe that he is very well informed

And I disagree with your assessment.

[SouthernProgressive]

8. There is nothing to disagree with my assessment. It's based in fact.

It's clear he is not informed on this topic. At a minimum the sharing among different sports should be shared at a higher level.

You are disagree against facts.

Additionally, Universities cannot simply become farm teams.