March 27, 2018 · 1:20 PM

“Is it OK if we license your name and image?”

Hey, at least they asked first.  It’s more than they’ve done for the kids.

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Filed under It's Just Bidness, The NCAA

9 responses to ““Is it OK if we license your name and image?””

  1. DawgPhan
    March 27, 2018 at 1:24 PM

    Even her value is derived from the student athletes. No one is licensing her likeness is the team hadnt played well.

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  2. ApalachDawg
    March 27, 2018 at 1:31 PM

    Thank goodness for folks like Sister Jean.

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  3. Tybee Dawg
    March 27, 2018 at 2:03 PM

    Yeah, but did they offer her a scholarship?????
    🙂

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  4. illini84
    March 27, 2018 at 9:01 PM

    I ordered her bobblehead!

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  5. Just Dawg
    March 28, 2018 at 5:44 PM

    I do not care who is in the uniform, win or lose, I cheer for (and buy shirts, etc. with) the red and black “G.”

    Also, I think sometimes the notoriety and exposure these NFL candidates get from playing on a high profile team (on top of a college freakin’ education) is ignored or discounted in order to stoke the incredulity of the ‘pay the kids’ crowd.

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    • Senator Blutarsky
      March 28, 2018 at 5:46 PM

      If you’re right about that, wouldn’t that be reflected in the open market?

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      • Just Dawg
        March 29, 2018 at 9:43 AM

        First, let me be clear, I believe the NCAA and the schools’ athletic administrations and their current pursuit of profit for themselves to the exclusion of the players AND the academic side of the schools is borderline corrupt. To you point, we all know there is no such thing as a ‘pure’ open market. Everything is regulated on some level (with the exception of a few wholly illegal endeavors). Once regulation begins, the parameters must be decided and agreed based on ‘the point.’ What is ‘the point’ of the particular endeavor?

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        • Senator Blutarsky
          March 29, 2018 at 9:50 AM

          To all of you who think this has to be a binary choice between the status quo and complete market freedom for student-athletes, it doesn’t have to be unless the NCAA sticks to its maximalist position on amateurism.

          My point is simply that the players are being screwed and deserve better compensation for their contributions. As long as that improves in a fair way, I don’t really care what the final solution looks like. If it doesn’t, then I prefer Jeffrey Kessler’s world to Mark Emmert’s.

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          • Just Dawg
            March 29, 2018 at 10:26 AM

            The “Olympic” model seems reasonable to me. Plus, I think the pro leagues should allow kids to go directly from high school, but it would be hard to force that decision.

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