It’s a problem. UCLA has a $5 billion or so endowment. Same as $C. Stanford is like $25 billion. The money is there to pay the athletes. UCLA should be leading the way, given the illustrious history of UCLA athletics. That it takes a lawsuit to point this out is really unforgivable.
Let's go the next step -- do you pay them the same rate you pay a graduate student researcher? Any NCAA limits on what salary Johnny Juzang can get while wearing UCLA colors? Or is it just going to be "what the market will bear" likes it's rapidly turning out to be in NIL endorsements.
Don't misinterpret what I'm asking, I fully support giving players a monthly stipend in addition to their housing, coaching, tuition, and books. Along the same lines that supported grad students get. You're not going to get rich, but you're not going to starve.
BTW, what are your ideas on paying players like Russell Stong IV (Whom we all love!). Awesome student, great team member, just not endowed with the same level of talent in Basketball as Jaime, Johnny and the others.
It’s a problem. UCLA has a $5 billion or so endowment. Same as $C. Stanford is like $25 billion. The money is there to pay the athletes. UCLA should be leading the way, given the illustrious history of UCLA athletics. That it takes a lawsuit to point this out is really unforgivable.
Let's go the next step -- do you pay them the same rate you pay a graduate student researcher? Any NCAA limits on what salary Johnny Juzang can get while wearing UCLA colors? Or is it just going to be "what the market will bear" likes it's rapidly turning out to be in NIL endorsements.
Don't misinterpret what I'm asking, I fully support giving players a monthly stipend in addition to their housing, coaching, tuition, and books. Along the same lines that supported grad students get. You're not going to get rich, but you're not going to starve.
BTW, what are your ideas on paying players like Russell Stong IV (Whom we all love!). Awesome student, great team member, just not endowed with the same level of talent in Basketball as Jaime, Johnny and the others.
If they're "employees" can they be fired?