The kids with jerseys and and all that jazz can get paid-for room & board plus on-campus meal programs and, of course, free tuittion. That can easily add up to over $100,000 in four years at some schools. That's helluva sum of money.
That's all fine and dandy, jmd82, but I wish there was a way to break all of that down. How much of that $100,000 is from the NCAA and how much is from the school? Please keep in mind that the average NCAA football jersey can cost anywhere between $40 and $200, depending on what the name of the manufacturer's label is that you pay for. I don't the economics behind the making and selling of these said jersey's are, but there is definately a profit from them. For arguements sake let's throw some numbers out there. Take an average jersey and give it a price. We'll say 'Joe Schmoe' will cost you $60. Out of that $60, we'll take away the manufacturing, marketing, shipping and labor costs out. We'll set a high number and say $40. That leaves $20 for profit. Where does that profit go for that one jersey? Into the NCAA's pockets. Multiply that profit by how many jerseys are sold in a single year. I don't know the numbers (people who do this for a living, please don't crucify me, I'm not a professional and I am just guess-timating) but we'll say an average of 1,500. That's $30,000 annually that the NCAA rakes in for just one athlete. Some of these athletes from smaller schools live at or below poverty level, and have to take on part-time jobs just to survive. Even if it was just a small percentage of that profit from that jersey with his name on it, it would go a very long way. I honestly believe that if the student-athlete could get some kind of stipend while he is in school, there would be way less corruption...
So... Is he any good?
Simple yes or no question ('cause im curious). Are college jersey's sold with a student athletes name on the back? Not being in a position to purchas such things it has never occured to me that public universities could profit not only from the athletic program but from an individual student's last name. does this even make since or do I need more kauphy
Hell, I don't know, SF!!! I was too busy trying to act like a cheap knock-off of an economics teacher! And yes, the names are on the jersey.
"For Tommy to be a crotchety old man sitting in the corner of the bar someday and be able to say he fought in the Garden is something special." At first I thought the dad didn't exactly have high hopes for his son, but then I realized that's exactly how I'd like to finish my life -- the wizened old bastard at the end of the bar, sipping a Jamesons and telling those young punks how easy they have it nowadays. Where do I get on that retirement plan?
Is he any good? They said during some ND broadcasts this year that he was "Golden Gloves". I dunno if that meant he competed or won his weight division in the Golden Gloves.
I don't think they do put names on the back of jerseys, at least licensed ones. I've never seen names on the ones for my school. Throwbacks may be different.
Now that I think about it, I do believe that Notre Dame does not put the names on the back.
