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<blockquote data-quote="71buickfreak" data-source="post: 1603896" data-attributes="member: 8373"><p>I know its all about money, my point is that a smaller school, like Ok State (of which I am a proud alumnus) can compete with the like of Texass, O-who and all those other schools because boosters are not allowed to pay student athletes. OU still cheats their way through each season but because it is illegal, it isn't flat-out pay for play like the guy that wrote that story suggests. Do I think players should be compensated for what they do? Yeah, I think they should be allowed a few things. Is selling a jersey an outright offense, no, but if they let it go, then you would see all manner of college athletes selling jerseys to boosters for tons of money. It is a slippery slope, you have to be careful. These athletes receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in free education for their efforts on the field and an opportunity to become household names. Pros make money for playing, student athletes recieve an education. Very few student athletes go pro, most get an education that they otherwise may have not recieved. Quit complaining. Oh and those coaches that make 3 mil a year (which there are not that many that make that much), they were students athletes too who have earned it the hard way, just like every other student athlete on the field. OSU is not immune, we all remember the days of Jimmy Johnson that got OSU the near DP (even though it was OU that got out of hand), and dexter manley is the dirty little secret that nobody wants to talk about, so I am not being blind. The writer of that story is a bitter person who does not understand the opportunities he was given. If he wanted to go through college on his own, he could have taken out loans like the rest of us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="71buickfreak, post: 1603896, member: 8373"] I know its all about money, my point is that a smaller school, like Ok State (of which I am a proud alumnus) can compete with the like of Texass, O-who and all those other schools because boosters are not allowed to pay student athletes. OU still cheats their way through each season but because it is illegal, it isn't flat-out pay for play like the guy that wrote that story suggests. Do I think players should be compensated for what they do? Yeah, I think they should be allowed a few things. Is selling a jersey an outright offense, no, but if they let it go, then you would see all manner of college athletes selling jerseys to boosters for tons of money. It is a slippery slope, you have to be careful. These athletes receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in free education for their efforts on the field and an opportunity to become household names. Pros make money for playing, student athletes recieve an education. Very few student athletes go pro, most get an education that they otherwise may have not recieved. Quit complaining. Oh and those coaches that make 3 mil a year (which there are not that many that make that much), they were students athletes too who have earned it the hard way, just like every other student athlete on the field. OSU is not immune, we all remember the days of Jimmy Johnson that got OSU the near DP (even though it was OU that got out of hand), and dexter manley is the dirty little secret that nobody wants to talk about, so I am not being blind. The writer of that story is a bitter person who does not understand the opportunities he was given. If he wanted to go through college on his own, he could have taken out loans like the rest of us. [/QUOTE]
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