He made a choice.
/Mac
He'll be making more money doing YouTube.
He doesn't seem like the hate-spreading type, so I think he'll be ok.He "could", but there's no guarantee. YouTube is demonetizing a lot of channels where the content goes against the grain (ie anti-SJW, anti-feminism, anti-socialism, basically anything that doesn't fit the liberal narrative or is seen as "advertiser unfriendly" is being demonetized. They could be looking at a huge part of their community moving to other platforms soon. I have no idea what this guy's content is, nor am I interested in looking to find out. Wish him luck, but I think his decision wasn't the smartest one. He could have had the best of both worlds while he got his education, but refused the terms.
Somebody needs to sue the NCAA for restaint of trade.
He doesn't seem like the hate-spreading type, so I think he'll be ok.
Somebody needs to sue the NCAA for restaint of trade.
I wouldn't mind. Did just a bit (like 3 months) of antitrust and related business torts in a business boutique as a student once, just enough to whet my apetite.Sounds like a job for SWAMP DONKEY!!!
How are they restraining trade? It seems to me they said:
1. He can make money off of any video that does not mention his AMATEUR athletic participation.
2. He can post videos that mention his athletic ability as long as he does not make money off of them.
3. If he mentions his AMATEUR athletic career in a video he makes money on, then he is no longer an amateur but rather a professional.
So they have allowed all of his commercial activity. They do not as they never have allowed professional athletes to play college sports.
You can debate whether or not a non-need based scholarship turns an amateur into a professional. You can debate it even more in the case of full cost of attendance scholarships. It is to my mind pretty clear that if you make money outside of your scholarship off your athletic participation, you are no longer an amateur.
When did that change. Remember, I think his name was Jeremy bloom, who played WR for Colorado around 2004. Was also on the Olympic team and had eligibility pulled due to skiing sponsors.I think you can get paid in pro sports other than the one you are still playing in college.
Well, before 2004. Doug Johnson got paid for baseball before playing for us, I think beginning in 1996.When did that change. Remember, I think his name was Jeremy bloom, who played WR for Colorado around 2004. Was also on the Olympic team and had eligibility pulled due to skiing sponsors.
Edit: never mind saw they changed this a few years after screwing him over so that athletes can now do this.
I think you can get paid in pro sports other than the one you are still playing in college.
Well, before 2004. Doug Johnson got paid for baseball before playing for us, I think beginning in 1996.
I think you can get paid in pro sports other than the one you are still playing in college.
Well, before 2004. Doug Johnson got paid for baseball before playing for us, I think beginning in 1996.