NCAA's Mark Emmert says athletes should be able to make money starting in 2021

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Is the NCAA finally ready to change its rules that prevent college athletes from getting endorsements?

As states across the country are set to implement laws this summer allowing college athletes to make money off their image rights, NCAA president Mark Emmert told the New York Times on Friday that he wants the governing body to officially allow all athletes to make sponsor and endorsement money before those various state laws take effect.

From the Times:

In an interview with The New York Times on Friday, the N.C.A.A.’s president, Mark Emmert, said he would recommend that college sports’ governing bodies approve new rules “before, or as close to, July 1,” when the new laws are scheduled to go into effect in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and New Mexico.

A rule change this summer going into immediate effect would mean that college athletes across the country — including those in states where these laws haven't gone into effect — would be able to take endorsement and sponsorship money.

https://sports.yahoo.com/after-years-of-procrastination-ncaa-president-mark-emmert-says-athletes-should-be-able-to-make-money-in-2021-143812582.html

[MichMan]

1. I believe this will ruin college sports

Wealthy boosters will ensure that their alma maters will have the best teams money can buy. Players will flock to the schools with the biggest checkbooks.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

2. That assumes that isn't happening now.

[MichMan]

3. Do you think it will be more or less prevalent if the NCAA says it is no longer prohibited?