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Cam Newton's dad will finally get PAID!

Darth Bobo

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It is a great day in the Newton household, and all that networking and marketing of his son's skills will finally have paid off. Maybe he'll go get himself a laptop computer (at a store) so he can keep up to date on all the stats on his son.

Nah, just kiddin'. I do wish him the best, and expect great things from him. Wanted to post this thread last night, but the forum wasn;t working for me.

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It is a great day in the Newton household, and all that networking and marketing of his son's skills will finally have paid off. Maybe he'll go get himself a laptop computer (at a store) so he can keep up to date on all the stats on his son.

Nah, just kiddin'. I do wish him the best, and expect great things from him. Wanted to post this thread last night, but the forum wasn;t working for me.

lol, finally getting paid? you mean paid again don't you?

Cam ain't the first or last Panther that got paid while in college.

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Having an education paid for doesn't count?

yes and no.

Not fair to say since we are paying your tuition while you play football.......you can't get a job so that you will be able to live a normal lifestyle. Not every student has parents makin in rain.....some need to make their own money. NCAA creates a toxic enviroment imo.

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Having an education paid for doesn't count?

The NCAA rules regarding maintaining amateur status clearly say that no student athlete may take a gift in any form from any company, agent or individual on the basis of their status as a student athlete. Plainly, Cam Newton is not allowed to accept free movie tickets because he is Cam Newton. In that way, the NCAA rules restrict players from making money off of who they are and thereby, the argument proceeds, maintain their amateur status.

You'd be a fool, though, to think that the NCAA and those major schools aren't making money off of Cam Newton, though he can't make money off of himself. If you've ever played any NCAA football game, you'll notice that the players don't have names, they're just numbers. That is all because of the NCAA rules.

It should also be noted that not every student-athlete gets their education paid for in full.

It is a great thing that some of these athletes get their education for free, though many of them don't utilize that. A lot of major college recruits see college as a way to get into the pros and don't appreciate college for it's educational value.

That's partly the NCAA's fault too. The requirements that student-athletes have to meet to remain academically eligible are ridiculous. You don't even have to have a 2.0 GPA until you're a JUNIOR. You can skate by with a 1.8 your freshman year and a 1.9 your sophomore year.

It is unfair of the NCAA to tell a student-athlete that they can't accept some $10 movie tickets, else risk being ruled ineligible, but the NCAA stands to make millions on its most celebrated athletes. That being said, so long as the NCAA policies are in place, it's my belief that student-athletes should have to conform to them, regardless of their perceived fairness. The right way to go about making a change in the NCAA is not to just disregard the policy. The NCAA is so much more powerful than even it's strongest schools and student-athletes.

yes and no.

Not fair to say since we are paying your tuition while you play football.......you can't get a job so that you will be able to live a normal lifestyle. Not every student has parents makin in rain.....some need to make their own money. NCAA creates a toxic enviroment imo.

Who says student athletes can't have jobs?

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