Lawsuit for Paying College Players Gets Interesting

There is a new twist in a lawsuit in the college world. In order to get a lawsuit deemed class action against the NCAA, lawyers argued that anything that use's a players names, image, or likeness whether on TV, a video game, or other products, should be shared with the players. So the NCAA can feel like their ethic of "Amateurism" is held together, money earned can be "temporarily held in trust for those individuals until cessation of their collegiate careers." Winning this lawsuit could mean "hundreds of thousands" of dollars each year to Division I basketball players and "tens of thousands" to college football players.

I'll be honest, I hope they win the suit. I'm not sure how far it will go in the courts but the players do deserve compensation for their efforts nowadays. No matter how someone wants to paint the picture, "Student Athletes" are indeed workers. They agree to go play for a school and in return they get some sort of scholarship (or payment). The problem is that the money earned today is outrageous compared to when this system first started. Nowadays the NCAA and Conferences are getting billions with TV deals, advertising, video games deals, and other products. Meanwhile the players are not getting a dime of any of that. If the players had a union, they would've voted to go on strike a long time ago.

The amateur system needs to go. It's not fair to kids who play for universities across the country. They still play for pennies while the NCAA and the Universities make off like Kings.