71YellowJacket
Damn Good Rat
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Re: Smith\'s bowl ring on e-bay
Gentlemen,
Did anyone pause for a moment and consider why a SA would consider selling a jacket, jersey, or a ring?
One possibility is a kid who puts no value on the item, his team or the school he attends and represents. I put the odds of that right up with UGA winning the next NC.
The other possibility is the kid needs money, real bad.
I don't question Jonathan Smith's honesty, and lacking evidence to the contrary, in my book doing so even speculatively is way-way over the line; same for the UGA kids by the way.
Some of you may be thinking, well, if the kid needs money that bad he should borrow it... If you’re thinking that you are further removed from the NCAA rules on SA's borrowing money than me.
The real hypocrisy that continues to exist is the one that preaches that “the NCAA is a not-for-profit venture and the kids should not be paid to play, regardless of financial hardship”; pure BS.
By supporting this hypocrisy, the school gets free labor (well very cheaply as the kid gets 5 years to figure out a way to get a college education), a large cash flow (huge cash flow for some). Meanwhile, more and more kids leave school early or by-pass college entirely and go straight to the real pros.
Gentlemen,
Did anyone pause for a moment and consider why a SA would consider selling a jacket, jersey, or a ring?
One possibility is a kid who puts no value on the item, his team or the school he attends and represents. I put the odds of that right up with UGA winning the next NC.
The other possibility is the kid needs money, real bad.
I don't question Jonathan Smith's honesty, and lacking evidence to the contrary, in my book doing so even speculatively is way-way over the line; same for the UGA kids by the way.
Some of you may be thinking, well, if the kid needs money that bad he should borrow it... If you’re thinking that you are further removed from the NCAA rules on SA's borrowing money than me.
The real hypocrisy that continues to exist is the one that preaches that “the NCAA is a not-for-profit venture and the kids should not be paid to play, regardless of financial hardship”; pure BS.
By supporting this hypocrisy, the school gets free labor (well very cheaply as the kid gets 5 years to figure out a way to get a college education), a large cash flow (huge cash flow for some). Meanwhile, more and more kids leave school early or by-pass college entirely and go straight to the real pros.