Companies Profit Off College Football Players’ Names Without Having To Mention Names

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<p>“Manufacturers of licensed NCAA jerseys are not allowed to produce items with players’ names on the back, allegedly to maintain the ‘amateur’ image of college athletics and allow apparel companies to claim they aren’t making truckloads of cash on the shoulders of scholar/athletes who receive no direct money for all the tickets and merchandise sold each year. But search results on the NCAA’s own e-commerce site shows that the organization and apparel companies make money off players’ names without having to actually mention those names.” …</p>

<p>[Companies</a> Profit Off College Football Players? Names Without Having To Mention Players? Names ? Consumerist](<a href=“Companies Profit Off College Football Players’ Names Without Having To Mention Players’ Names – Consumerist”>Companies Profit Off College Football Players’ Names Without Having To Mention Players’ Names – Consumerist)</p>

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<p>I can’t find a ‘search’ function on the [ShopNCAASports.com</a> - NCAA Merchandise, Apparel, Clothing, NCAA Gear, Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey](<a href=“Access Denied”>http://www.shopncaasports.com/) website referenced above. Was ‘search’ function already removed from the website, or am I not looking in the right spots to find it?</p>

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<p><a href=“site:shopncaasports.com Manziel - Google Search”>site:shopncaasports.com Manziel - Google Search;

<p>Only results at the moment are for a video and a shirt, but I imagine “No Heisman without the MAN” is a fairly direct connection to someone with the last name of Manziel.</p>

<p>Also while searching I hit this snippet from the Washington Post which, to me, exemplifies what’s wrong with the NCAA’s attitude towards players profiting from their work.</p>

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<p>Good to know they feel physically assaulting people is less serious than signing your name a few times so someone other than the school and NCAA make a boatload of money.</p>

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<p>RacinReaver - I took ‘more’ to mean ‘in addition to’, as opposed to making a comparison. Bad choice of words for the article, though.</p>

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<p>That would also make sense. Guess I’m just a pessimist when it comes to reading things about the NCAA and the way people generally feel about treating collegiate athletes in “profit generating” sports. :)</p>

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<p>Jay Bilas took the NCAA to task on his Twitter account yesterday re: selling shirts and the search function was disabled by NCAA.
[Jay</a> Bilas Twitter War Against NCAA Profit Policies Forces NCAA Store To Disable Search](<a href=“Jay Bilas Twitter War Against NCAA Profit Policies Forces NCAA Store To Disable Search”>Jay Bilas Twitter War Against NCAA Profit Policies Forces NCAA Store To Disable Search)</p>

<p>Would you just give everyone the same stipend and let everyone have the rights to their own endorsements and likeness?
Would you even give them a stipend at all?
Just let them keep their scholarship and beyond that have the right to shop themselves around the marketplace?
Should the shoe deals be taken away from the coach and used to fund trusts?</p>

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<p>Johnny Manziel is under investigation for allegedly being paid to sign memorabilia for a company that resells the items with his signature for a profit. If a player cannot profit from his own name, there is no way in the world the NCAA or any college should be able to profit from a player’s name.</p>

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<p>Could he sign things for money if he didn’t sign his actual name? Could players use a nickname or just write, “Your favorite #2 Aggie!”? Or are players just forbidden from making money in any form while the NCAA can profit if they jump through a small hoop or two?</p>

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<p>I think that they should stop this charade and admit that these guys are professional athletes. Even better: start a minor league, like baseball and hockey.</p>

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<p>My cousin - who is an expert and consultant on sports economy published a paper on this exact subject a few years ago. It’s a long read but for those who might be interested here is a link. He lays out a very detailed argument for why college athletes should are professionals and why they should be paid. </p>

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