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O’Bannon case could be a game changer
Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Jason Heffran, Photographer
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Natrona Heights | PA | USA | Posted: 4:55 PM on 02.09.10 |
->> Wow. In my opinion, it opens a Pandoras Box that could send waves across a lot of industries.
Not to give an opinion on O'Bannon, but it doesn't surprise me that an ex-player who is a car salesman would start the ball rolling just because he isn't getting paid for a likeness on a video game.
It'll be interesting to see where this goes, if anywhere. I have a feeling that the NCAA will tie this one up for a long, long time in the courts. |
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Erik Markov, Photographer
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Kokomo | IN | | Posted: 5:26 PM on 02.09.10 |
| ->> I didn't take the time to read all of the NCAA's arguments about why it should be dismissed, but I'm guessing they used the ages old legal argument of "do as I say, not as I do." |
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 6:47 PM on 02.09.10 |
| ->> Good for him! Love it. It is about time. |
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Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Washington | DC | US | Posted: 9:05 PM on 02.09.10 |
->> Well...the first has background to go up against the NCAA:
"Hausfeld LLP, a major class-action firm that in the past has won complicated cases such as securing reparations for Holocaust survivors from Swiss banks. Hausfeld has since teamed up with other large firms, brought in additional lead plaintiffs and is in the process of linking this case with a similar one from former Arizona State quarterback Sam Keller" |
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Sam Santilli, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Philippi | WV | USA | Posted: 9:36 PM on 02.09.10 |
| ->> Expect Red Grange's family to get in on this too! |
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Israel Shirk, Photographer, Assistant
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Boise | ID | US | Posted: 9:43 PM on 02.09.10 |
->> This is just one of those things that'll make them cut back on the opportunities for athletes if they have to pay out huge amounts of cash to ex players...
It was funny when title 9 happened - all it did was cut mens' teams and make it so that anyone could walk on to most womens' teams. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 9:38 AM on 02.10.10 |
->> "It was funny when title 9 happened - all it did was cut mens' teams and make it so that anyone could walk on to most womens' teams."
Yup. Giving women (including my daughter) an equal opportunity to participate in sports was just feakin' hilarious ... |
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Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Washington | DC | US | Posted: 11:41 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> Jim, some people don't view it as equal opportunity since it's rare for women's sports to generate revenue.
The equality is based on revenue and booster support.
How many people pick a school based on a top-notch women's sports program vs. a traditional football (mes') powerhouse program?
I'm not sayin'...I'm just sayin'. |
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Butch Miller, Photographer
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Lock Haven | PA | USA | Posted: 7:24 PM on 02.17.10 |
->> Well ... with college sports being a multi-billion dollar enterprise .... there will always be the desire by at least a few athletes to seek a share of the wealth .... I mean look at how many of us earn a living, at least in part, from chronicling the efforts of these same athletes ... it's only natural when you see someone lining their pockets as a result of your efforts that you would like at least a small slice of the pie.
Yes, a college education is quite a nice reward for the time and effort invested participating in college athletics ... but I can see where some of these athletes may feel they have been shortchanged when looking at the big picture.
As for Title 9 .... I am all about gender equity ... however ... I'm also all about gender responsibility ... Title 9 enforces the former while ignoring the latter. I raised two daughters of my own and taught them to never take a back seat because of their gender ... I also taught them they have earn everything they want and not expect it served up to them simply because they exist ...
At many large institutions where tens of millions of tv dollars flow like water ... it is no problem to support all the sports they desire .... while many of these schools had the resources to offer athletic opportunities for women ... they chose not to until Title 9 forced them to do so.
On the other hand, at smaller schools where there is no tv money whatsoever ... those small schools must play by the same rules as the larger schools and inevitably ... longtime men's sports programs that worked very hard for generations to earn every dime they needed to operate their programs have suffered or were cut all together in order to comply with the mandate ...
While schools must add women's programs in the name of equity, those same athletes, coaches, boosters and fans of the new programs are not required to raise one dollar to support the new programs .... that is not equity in my view ... that's gender discrimination. |
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Darren Whitley, Photographer
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Northwest Missouri | MO | USA | Posted: 2:52 PM on 02.20.10 |
->> If people miss the point of Title IX, then they're likely uneducated about the inequity that existed previously. What if colleges only admitted men? When scholarship is tied to a gender bias, there's a problem. That's why we have Title IX.
What I see as a glaring issue particularly here in the midwest is that scholarships for our brightest students are seldom parallel scholarships offered to athletes. That's a much bigger problem in my book because the investment is largely misdirected.
Butch, according to our athletic director money from the NCAA Final Four helps fund Division II athletics. Several years ago Bobby Knight suggest that the NCAA break DII off. Our AD explained that Knight was trying to keep all the money for D1.
If you didn't hear it today on NPR, there is a new book out comparing the NCAA to a cartel or the Sopranos. I didn't catch the name of the book but the author had some interesting things to say about the legitimacy of student athletics. |
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