Del Rio goes on twitter rant (again)...

[TheDouglas78]

Great idea but how many high school players are better than those they currently have. Europe with subsidies failed, arena ball is another alternative but I bet almost no HS players could earn their spot. How about a new league just for those that don't or won't go to college. That might work but I would not bet on it.

I think that when you used their likeness a video game had to pay the players. Not the number of a jersey belongs to the school.

The new league for those out of high school that doesn't fit college is in the works in California, McCaffery is one of the investors. Set up to have 8 teams. How well it does, is anyones guess. The NFL is the only major American Sports league without it's own funded Developmental League.

 

[GatorJ]

The new league for those out of high school that doesn't fit college is in the works in California, McCaffery is one of the investors. Set up to have 8 teams. How well it does, is anyones guess. The NFL is the only major American Sports league without it's own funded Developmental League.

Why have one when college does it for you - gratis...

 

[Gator Fever]

The new league for those out of high school that doesn't fit college is in the works in California, McCaffery is one of the investors. Set up to have 8 teams. How well it does, is anyones guess. The NFL is the only major American Sports league without it's own funded Developmental League.

Hard to see that doing well. I guess a few guys with grade issues or arrest issues that kept them from going FBS might try it. Ones that would have had to go to Junior College first. Except for not having to attend any classes I don't see any advantages to the top high school people to go that route with what these big time colleges have as far as facilities etc. and coaching now.

 

[TheDouglas78]

Hard to see that doing well. I guess a few guys with grade issues or arrest issues that kept them from going FBS might try it. Ones that would have had to go to Junior College first. Except for not having to attend any classes I don't see any advantages to the top high school people to go that route with what these big time colleges have as far as facilities etc. and coaching now.

They are going to be paid 40k-60k (last I saw) and will be taught Pro offenses. Also it's for players leaving the college spread offenses who don't know pro principles and are not picked up in the draft as well. Being coached by former NFL coaches.

 

[Gator Fever]

They are going to be paid 40k-60k (last I saw) and will be taught Pro offenses. Also it's for players leaving the college spread offenses who don't know pro principles and are not picked up in the draft as well. Being coached by former NFL coaches.

That is almost the same pay the Canadian players get almost. Except for a few in Canada they are all limited to about 60k or so I think. Don't know how that won't lose money unless agents or something help subsidize it. It will be interesting to see what happens with it. It will probably end up being a lot of guys that didn't stick with teams after the draft if that is the case.

 

[TheDouglas78]

That is almost the same pay the Canadian players get almost. Except for a few in Canada they are all limited to about 60k or so I think. Don't know how that won't lose money unless agents or something help subsidize it. It will be interesting to see what happens with it. It will probably end up being a lot of guys that didn't stick with teams after the draft if that is the case.

Don't know how deep it will go, but the NFL needs a D-league. if it was done in the Spring, it probably could get some minimal viewers.

 

[URGatorBait]

 

[T REX]

Someone take the twat away from Del Rio

 

[URGatorBait]

Someone take the twat away from Del Rio

I wonder if someone can bait him to come here to discuss it

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Never go full fvkktard.

Look, I have some sympathy for the player's position, especially when they get less for a scholarship than say an average poor kid gets (bc they get that extra money for room, board, transportation expenses etc.) For some of these kids, that means not having enough money for anything. And it's not like our school is trailerBammer, providing them all with Escalades and wads of cash on the side.

We don't want to hear it from the son of a multimillionaire, however. Many of us left school with BIG debt, after being stars in the classroom.

 

[URGatorBait]

Never go full fvkktard.

Look, I have some sympathy for the player's position, especially when they get less for a scholarship than say an average poor kid gets (bc they get that extra money for room, board, transportation expenses etc.) For some of these kids, that means not having enough money for anything. And it's not like our school is trailerBammer, providing them all with Escalades and wads of cash on the side.

We don't want to hear it from the son of a multimillionaire, however. Many of us left school with BIG debt, after being stars in the classroom.

That's the thing, he isn't standing up for others, he is begging for it for himself.

He blocked me on twitter btw
I posted a facepalm because he just won't get off this garbage when he should be working to play football.
Dude really needs to get off of twitter, he is doing himself no favors. Football players in particular are given far more than any other athlete, not to even mention an average student. For a player as bad as him to think he should be paid when everything is handed to him, and furthermore he wants to accuse people of being ignorant when his ignorant ass is talking about how he should be paid based on the REVENUES??? Kid is dumber than a box of rocks

 

[rogdochar]

Tweeting is just a sideline for LDR ... that's all he's got left, sidelines.

 

[gatormandan]

He is not the only one that needs to stay off twitter......

 

[URGatorBait]

He is not the only one that needs to stay off twitter......

 

[Gator Fever]

I think his dad needs to go give him the a** whippin he never got as a child. What an idiot.

 

[Gator2222]

Never go full fvkktard.

Look, I have some sympathy for the player's position, especially when they get less for a scholarship than say an average poor kid gets (bc they get that extra money for room, board, transportation expenses etc.) For some of these kids, that means not having enough money for anything. And it's not like our school is trailerBammer, providing them all with Escalades and wads of cash on the side.

We don't want to hear it from the son of a multimillionaire, however. Many of us left school with BIG debt, after being stars in the classroom.

A lot of people buy into the myth about college football players that can't afford to go see a movie. The reality of it is that college football players get thousands of dollars to spend any way they want each semester.

The primary means of "spend any way you want" cash is through the off campus housing stipend. Any college athlete that chooses to live off campus is eligible to receive a monthly stipend to pay for housing, utilities and food. The amount varies as each school determines the average cost of living in their community. At the University of Washington the stipend was $1,600 per month in 2016.

If four players decide to be roommates then they split the costs four ways. Let's say they rent a house for $2,000 per month and the utilities cost another $500 per month. The four players are given a collective $6,400 and actually spend $2,500. That leaves $975 per player per month that the NCAA will allow them to spend any way they want. They can still eat the food provided for free on campus. Add in the Pell Grant money and the $45 per diem they are given on any day they are required to attend practice, meetings, games or other official events and the money adds up. Then you have to add in the full-cost-of-attendance stipends and any player that claims they can't afford a movie is simply not managing the money well.

 

[Gator Fever]

A lot of people buy into the myth about college football players that can't afford to go see a movie. The reality of it is that college football players get thousands of dollars to spend any way they want each semester.

The primary means of "spend any way you want" cash is through the off campus housing stipend. Any college athlete that chooses to live off campus is eligible to receive a monthly stipend to pay for housing, utilities and food. The amount varies as each school determines the average cost of living in their community. At the University of Washington the stipend was $1,600 per month in 2016.

If four players decide to be roommates then they split the costs four ways. Let's say they rent a house for $2,000 per month and the utilities cost another $500 per month. The four players are given a collective $6,400 and actually spend $2,500. That leaves $975 per player per month that the NCAA will allow them to spend any way they want. They can still eat the food provided for free on campus. Add in the Pell Grant money and the $45 per diem they are given on any day they are required to attend practice, meetings, games or other official events and the money adds up. Then you have to add in the full-cost-of-attendance stipends and any player that claims they can't afford a movie is simply not managing the money well.

Yep a few college players actually admitted with the Pell Grant money etc. if they did come from a poorer family that they weren't starving and actually had money for basic stuff like hanging out a few nights going to the movies etc. and that was before these stipends even started.

 

[T REX]

A lot of people buy into the myth about college football players that can't afford to go see a movie. The reality of it is that college football players get thousands of dollars to spend any way they want each semester.

The primary means of "spend any way you want" cash is through the off campus housing stipend. Any college athlete that chooses to live off campus is eligible to receive a monthly stipend to pay for housing, utilities and food. The amount varies as each school determines the average cost of living in their community. At the University of Washington the stipend was $1,600 per month in 2016.

If four players decide to be roommates then they split the costs four ways. Let's say they rent a house for $2,000 per month and the utilities cost another $500 per month. The four players are given a collective $6,400 and actually spend $2,500. That leaves $975 per player per month that the NCAA will allow them to spend any way they want. They can still eat the food provided for free on campus. Add in the Pell Grant money and the $45 per diem they are given on any day they are required to attend practice, meetings, games or other official events and the money adds up. Then you have to add in the full-cost-of-attendance stipends and any player that claims they can't afford a movie is simply not managing the money well.

Preach it brother!

 

[alcoholica]

Look at the tattoos on these kids. Any wonder where the money goes? Ink and weed

 

[Zambo]

Anybody who uses twitter should be shot to death in the street like an animal. Anybody.