Comments on: For athletes? You must be kidding http://blog.newsok.com/jennicarlson/2007/12/27/for-athletes-you-must-be-kidding/ Opinions from The Oklahoman sports columnist Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:54:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Frank http://blog.newsok.com/jennicarlson/2007/12/27/for-athletes-you-must-be-kidding/comment-page-1/#comment-3329 Frank Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:17:52 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/jennicarlson/2007/12/27/for-athletes-you-must-be-kidding/#comment-3329 OU must not have been paying Granger enough, since he had to steal a coat from a store in Tempe, AZ. This low life thug should be dismissed from the university, but it will never happen since winning means more than anything else at OU. Kelvin Sampson cheats and gets hired by Indiana. You cheat, you should be through coaching or playing for life!! Soooo much for the myth of "student athlete"!!! or "amateur sports!!! OU must not have been paying Granger enough, since he had to steal a coat from a store in Tempe, AZ. This low life thug should be dismissed from the university, but it will never happen since winning means more than anything else at OU. Kelvin Sampson cheats and gets hired by Indiana. You cheat, you should be through coaching or playing for life!! Soooo much for the myth of “student athlete”!!! or “amateur sports!!!

]]> By: Jeff from Vermont http://blog.newsok.com/jennicarlson/2007/12/27/for-athletes-you-must-be-kidding/comment-page-1/#comment-3265 Jeff from Vermont Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:28:01 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/jennicarlson/2007/12/27/for-athletes-you-must-be-kidding/#comment-3265 jenni, New to your blog. I have been hanging out in Berry's....and will continue to probably. But hey......more tends to be better more ften then not. With that....... If a player is getting a full ride, they ARE being paid. It is roughly $21,000 per year to attend OU. About $1600.00 per course. All other expenses aside........a trade off of free education for talent is fair. I hate this pay for play argument. These kids are getting paid. Granted, the University makes a fair amount of money off from its players and their performance......but how is that different then say, McDonalds making millions per day off from the performance of their staff, at their pay levels. Which is probably about $21,000 per year. same darn argument. except that McDonalds does not provide a show case for kids who will potentially make millions of their own down the road with that same talent. Not to mention the opportunity a free degree opens up from a highly respected University. On the other hand, there should be rules that allow assistance for hardship. We do it in society, the NCAA could do the same for players like Reed. Problem is, for every Reed......you have 10 Bomars screwing it up or 35 Florida State players, or a Lendy Holmes and yes, even a Demarcus Granger. So where do you draw the line? The NCAA always draws it straight across the board. The NCAA is driven by University Leaders. Those are the folks that can solve the issue. There are reasons why they don't. The millions they receive from the hard-to-manage donors. Unfortunately, in the end the dollar means more then any one soul. It is our society. a little about me.....I am St. Albans, Vermont...near beautiful lake Champlain. A life long Sooner fan in a household of Michigan fans. More later......... Have a great day all! Jenni, I do enjoy your column. Keep up the great work! jenni,

New to your blog. I have been hanging out in Berry’s….and will continue to probably. But hey……more tends to be better more ften then not.

With that…….

If a player is getting a full ride, they ARE being paid. It is roughly $21,000 per year to attend OU. About $1600.00 per course. All other expenses aside……..a trade off of free education for talent is fair. I hate this pay for play argument. These kids are getting paid. Granted, the University makes a fair amount of money off from its players and their performance……but how is that different then say, McDonalds making millions per day off from the performance of their staff, at their pay levels. Which is probably about $21,000 per year. same darn argument. except that McDonalds does not provide a show case for kids who will potentially make millions of their own down the road with that same talent. Not to mention the opportunity a free degree opens up from a highly respected University.

On the other hand, there should be rules that allow assistance for hardship. We do it in society, the NCAA could do the same for players like Reed. Problem is, for every Reed……you have 10 Bomars screwing it up or 35 Florida State players, or a Lendy Holmes and yes, even a Demarcus Granger. So where do you draw the line? The NCAA always draws it straight across the board. The NCAA is driven by University Leaders. Those are the folks that can solve the issue. There are reasons why they don’t. The millions they receive from the hard-to-manage donors. Unfortunately, in the end the dollar means more then any one soul. It is our society.

a little about me…..I am St. Albans, Vermont…near beautiful lake Champlain. A life long Sooner fan in a household of Michigan fans.

More later………

Have a great day all!

Jenni, I do enjoy your column. Keep up the great work!

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