{"id":3662,"date":"2020-10-31T22:07:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T22:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/financialliteracyforstudentathletes.com\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2020-11-01T19:27:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T19:27:32","slug":"the-fair-pay-to-play-act-and-dignity-in-college-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialliteracyforstudentathletes.com\/?p=3662","title":{"rendered":"The Fair Pay to Play Act and Dignity in College Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are college athletes who play sports where there aren\u2019t pro leagues waiting for them, and others who might be special college players but won\u2019t make it to the next level. The Fair Pay to Play Act allows them to justly capitalize while they are in college.MICHAEL MCCANN<\/a>OCT 2, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was written by Ed O’Bannon, former UCLA star and plaintiff of O’Bannon v. NCAA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

California\u2019s Fair Pay to Play Act, which Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on Monday, is only radical because it seeks to change the antiquated world of American college sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Act has two main features. First, it guarantees that college athletes in California can\u2019t lose their NCAA eligibility if they receive compensation for the use of their names, images and likenesses. Second, it permits college athletes to hire an expert\u2014an agent\u2014to help him or her find and negotiate opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know this world all too well. I played basketball at UCLA in the 1990s and loved almost every minute of it. I went on to play in the NBA but my true passion stayed with college basketball. After a decade in pro hoops, I retired in 2005. I then enjoyed a quiet life with my wife and three children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years later, I saw myself featured in a college basketball video game that sold for $60. I hadn\u2019t asked to be in the game. And no one had offered to pay me, or any other current or former players who were \u201cin the game\u201d as the game\u2019s advertisement boasted. That experience led to me to bring a lawsuit against the NCAA. We battled in court for seven years and our side ultimately prevailed. This wasn\u2019t about money. This was about taking someone\u2019s identity and profiting from it. And it was about changing the rules to not let that happen again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m no detective, but the clues seem to say college players are used to profit others.https:\/\/9c4ec23aeeca4c1c5db3e4b5de78edd8.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-37\/html\/container.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might say, \u201cbut the college athletes receive full scholarships.\u201d You\u2019d be right some of the time, but far more often wrong. The vast majority of athletic scholarships to college are partial, not full and they require renewal every year. In most cases, parents are still footing most of the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might wonder how the quality of college education for athletes will be impacted by the Act. As a college graduate, the husband of an educator and the father of three college-educated children, I care far more about academics than athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, the current situation is not exactly encouraging or deserving of protection. There have been many academic controversies in recent years where colleges take extraordinary steps to keep their star athletes eligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, ask yourself this: If a college athlete signs an endorsement deal, won\u2019t he or she be more<\/em> likely to attend class, since if their grades fail, they\u2019ll be kicked off the team and they\u2019ll lose their endorsement deal? Also, won\u2019t college athletes be more inclined to stay in college since they are gaining from endorsements while there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anything, the Act will probably help academics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even then, the Fair Pay to Play Act has nothing to do with athletic scholarships. And it wouldn\u2019t take a dime away from schools. It\u2019s all about the relationship between college players and companies that would like to pay for their endorsement or sponsorship. Video game publishers. Clothing and sneaker companies. Local businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people complain that I \u201ctook away\u201d their favorite video games. They couldn\u2019t be more wrong. I stopped those games from illegally stealing people\u2019s identities. If the NCAA let college players sign contracts with those video game publishers, you\u2019d have your games back, too.https:\/\/9c4ec23aeeca4c1c5db3e4b5de78edd8.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-37\/html\/container.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It goes deeper, still. As a black man, I\u2019m aware that most of the revenue generated in college sports comes from basketball and football\u2014two sports where African Americans are disproportionately represented. These athletes stand to gain from the Act and laws like it. I don\u2019t think NCAA officials are intentionally racist. But I\u2019m not sure if they genuinely care about race, and that is worrisome in its own light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It isn\u2019t just black men who stand to gain from the Act. Think of the college athletes, men and women of all races and ethnicities, who play sports where there aren\u2019t pro leagues waiting for them. Or those athletes who might be special college players but who won\u2019t make it to the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their moment to capitalize is while they\u2019re in college. Not later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let it happen. Treat college athletes with basic dignity. Fans will still watch games. Schools will still make a lot of money. And the scales of justice will tip in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ed O\u2019Bannon, a former NBA player and Division I college athlete, tells his story in <\/em>Court Justice: The Inside Story of My Battle Against the NCAA<\/em><\/a> (Diversion Books, 2018).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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