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<blockquote data-quote="Lee" data-source="post: 800657" data-attributes="member: 786"><p>First bolded part: If this is the case, why do schools spend millions of dollars recruiting these kids and services like Rivals and 247 exist? This could not be further from the truth. I'd say maybe 25-30% of SA's are simply THRILLED to get a "free-ride" for playing a sport. I don't follow recruiting closely, but my guess is between what is labeled a high 3 star up to 5 star includes a very large number of players every year. My guess is close to 1,000. Maybe the last quarter at most are just TRHILLED to get a scholly. </p><p></p><p>Second bolded part: This is false too. Take away the top half of those SA's mentioned above and you're talking about the difference between Bama, OSU, or Texas talent and Duke, GT, and BC talent. I'd add probaly even half of our roster now isn't simply THRILLED to have a scholly. The drop-off from those guys (Sims, Gibbs, Williams, Swilling...etc) to their predecessors is steep (except for maybe Gibbs). </p><p></p><p></p><p>This also completely overlooks sports like baseball that only have 12.5 scholarships (when I was there) for a team of 30. We've had some pretty special players come through on the baseball side. I personally played with at least 8 guys over my 3 years that played in the big leagues. Many more than that who were all-ACC or all-American. It would've been nice if it was possible to get some extra cash. </p><p></p><p>Shoot, my last year at GT they made an NCAA baseball game. I'm not going to lie, it was pretty sweet to play a game and actually play with yourself on a video game. Would've been cooler if they paid to use our name and likeness. I'm not sure about other leagues, but I know in the MLB players get checks every Spring Training for things like that (video games, commercials...etc).</p><p></p><p>Everyone obviously has a right to their own opinion, I just don't understand why anyone would want to side with the NCAA and the schools in preventing players from making some of the money they are already raking in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee, post: 800657, member: 786"] First bolded part: If this is the case, why do schools spend millions of dollars recruiting these kids and services like Rivals and 247 exist? This could not be further from the truth. I'd say maybe 25-30% of SA's are simply THRILLED to get a "free-ride" for playing a sport. I don't follow recruiting closely, but my guess is between what is labeled a high 3 star up to 5 star includes a very large number of players every year. My guess is close to 1,000. Maybe the last quarter at most are just TRHILLED to get a scholly. Second bolded part: This is false too. Take away the top half of those SA's mentioned above and you're talking about the difference between Bama, OSU, or Texas talent and Duke, GT, and BC talent. I'd add probaly even half of our roster now isn't simply THRILLED to have a scholly. The drop-off from those guys (Sims, Gibbs, Williams, Swilling...etc) to their predecessors is steep (except for maybe Gibbs). This also completely overlooks sports like baseball that only have 12.5 scholarships (when I was there) for a team of 30. We've had some pretty special players come through on the baseball side. I personally played with at least 8 guys over my 3 years that played in the big leagues. Many more than that who were all-ACC or all-American. It would've been nice if it was possible to get some extra cash. Shoot, my last year at GT they made an NCAA baseball game. I'm not going to lie, it was pretty sweet to play a game and actually play with yourself on a video game. Would've been cooler if they paid to use our name and likeness. I'm not sure about other leagues, but I know in the MLB players get checks every Spring Training for things like that (video games, commercials...etc). Everyone obviously has a right to their own opinion, I just don't understand why anyone would want to side with the NCAA and the schools in preventing players from making some of the money they are already raking in. [/QUOTE]
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