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Nick Saban compared sports agents unfavorably to pimps. Urban Meyer called them predators. Yet for most of the country, Reggie Bush's infamy will far outlive that of any of his money men. This week it's the ACC's turn to go to bat with the media, and its coaches have their own ideas about flipping that script:
It's certainly an interesting idea. Would that really work that way, though? Or would it just provide extra motivation for nefarious agents to keep things hush-hush? Is there any proposed scenario so far that doesn't end with the construction of some sort of underground railroad of chicanery? Something tells me we're thinking in the wrong direction here, and not just because there's no way Duke football players have an agent problem.
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The universities should be allowed to act as agents for their athletes
This could even include allowing the athletes to earn revenues as advertising spokespeople, arranged through the university.
Who would you rather represent you as a student? A university with all their alumni ties, or some back door agent with hush-hush secret dealings?
How many of the high profile behavior issues would disappear if student athletes were eligible for advertising revenue, that would be significantly reduced if they get into trouble?
This would end the amateurism of major college sports, but that is a strictly NCAA concept anyways. With the recent rash of harsh punishments, one might ask, “Is the NCAA inviting the FBS to leave?”
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by Ben Prather on Jul 29, 2010 1:11 PM EDT reply actions
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