Our guy got some chump change for attending a function. Before even throwing a pass, the kid from Alabama scored a million plus.
New NCAA rules are a game changer.
When this kind of money is coming in to the athlete’s who does it take from? This kind of money is going to cost somebody from gettin theirs. Hope I’m asking this question right lol. Will players gettin this much money cost the coaches making millions?
I don't think the coaches will lose anything. Assuming the money is being paid by a business, the cost, as always, will be passed on to the customers of that business. At some point, that will cost you & me Southern!
I think what will start happening is elite HS players will start cramming summer school/online classes in so that they can graduate early and get on the endorsement payroll a year sooner.
Also the issue of HS players eligibility for pay is gonna have to be dealt with as well one way or the other. I can see where recruiting at the HS level will proliferate as well; it already happens e.g. Oak Hill etc..
Sports in general has really ramped up and the playing field is gonna get real interesting really fast.
It's an evolution of the times; IMO nothing really out of the ordinary.
Just so they keep their hands out of my pocket. I can't afford it now that I'm paying $3.40 / gal for gas!
@rip I’m at the racetrack Bob and the trash cans are full and the restrooms are dirty because they can’t find anybody that wants to work. My daughter went to Burger King yesterday and they were there an hour trying to get food because they only had 3 workers. These folks that don’t want to work better be glad ole southern ain’t in charge because I would do what the scripture say, you don’t work you don’t eat…period with no exception lol gas is $289.9 here at the racetrack in Calhoun Ga. is the states y’all live in having a hard time gettin help like here in Georgia? Just wondering
Yep Southern, help is hard to find around these parts to. Everywhere you look - help wanted signs. Grocery store shelves are empty in spots. The store managers claim it's because they can't get the help to stock them. Stores are paying $15/hr on the average. Fast food joints offering minimum of $12/hr. Still, few takers. Most businesses are blaming the government,s extended Unemployment benefits, stimulus checks (now for the child credit), eviction moratoriums, loose welfare benefits, etc. People just don't seem to want to work anymore. Since a lot of the young people don't believe in God, they don't care what the scripture says, LOL.
I would like to be a little more specific regarding the labor shortage...This is just my observation...When I was a young man it was folks 16 to 22 who were the stockboys, waiters & waitresses, busboys, fast food workers etc...What we have is a society that is producing spoiled, entitled, lazy and coddled kids...In my humble opinion we only have ourselves to blame...You reap what you sow...
I want to also add one more thing to what I stated above...My father was making $14 an hour back in 1978 while working in a meat packing plant in Allentown, PA...A&B meats which is no longer in business...That was 43 years ago...I find it sad, amusing and pathetic that we are talking about $15 an hour as if it is big money in 2021...30k a year before taxes isn't even a livable wage in the county I live in...Considering you have folks making 100 million dollar bonuses that don't even pay the amount of taxes that the poor guy making 30k a year does...$576.92 a week before taxes is hardly anything to get excited about...I am a business owner that has people on payroll so I know about the balancing act between paying people a livable wage and making a profit...It can be done it just means that the people at the top aren't going to make as much which they can afford to do...I always harken back to the famous Henry Ford quote and I am going to paraphrase it...What good is it for me to produce these cars if my employees can't afford to buy them...He made that statement in response to other business tycoons of the time's criticism of the high wages he paid his people...People don't need 400 feet yachts and golden toilets while their workers are barely surviving...As Christians who know our Bible remember that Jesus didn't hang out with the rich people...As a country I feel that we have lost our way...
I would like to be a little more specific regarding the labor shortage...This is just my observation...When I was a young man it was folks 16 to 22 who were the stockboys, waiters & waitresses, busboys, fast food workers etc...What we have is a society that is producing spoiled, entitled, lazy and coddled kids...In my humble opinion we only have ourselves to blame...You reap what you sow...
I told my dad one time that the way he raised us he'd be put in jail in today's world; he said, "yep your right, but, you didn't end up in jail."
Amen to that 61 and without the discipline I received from my parents, teachers and community I would have surely ended up in jail...I have no doubt in my mind that athletics and discipline is the only reason that I bothered going to school and getting an education...
Let me clarify, FD. The $15 I'm talking about is the starting wage for entry level jobs typically held by teenage students. Before COVID and the subsequent gov't stimulus assistance programs, these jobs paid minimum wage on up to $10/hr. The kids were jumping at these jobs back then, but not today. As far as adult jobs, typical entry level factory/warehouse jobs are offering $25/hr to $29/hr. Employers are still having difficulty filling these openings. I'd say there is a major malfunction somewhere in the system!
I feel a big issue we have in this country is the demonization and systematic destruction of blue collar jobs. For 40+ years kids have been fed a steady diet of "go to college, go to college, go to college" as if it's the ONLY way to be a successful person. Now, I'm not arguing that it's a bad thing to go to school and get an education, but it's not for everyone and that's not a bad thing.
Vocational schools and blue collar word should be emphasized, one of the big issues as I see it is a lack of young people going into the trades. That's good work, pays well, and has a lot of openings. We should have also PROTECTED these jobs by putting laws into place that PROTECTED American workers, and not allowed other countries like China to basically low-ball textiles, steel, etc. with slave labor to take over the industry. IMO the steel industry is the biggest example of the complete failure of government to protect this country. Why do I say that? Well... for one thing, it destroyed a huge industry that is still very much needed. Steel is everywhere. Second, it's absolutely critical to national security to have a thriving steel industry. What exactly are we gonna do if China decides they aren't selling us any steel anymore? Or someone else? Who's gonna make it? It would take us years to catch back up again. Finally, imagine how thriving our middle class would still be if those jobs existed? Sure, some automation would be involved but the work would still be there.
I think a big problem with the USA today is unskilled labor jobs were plentiful in the past and GOOD WORK. Now it's basically just a retail and service industry, because we destroyed the other stuff.
I would like to be a little more specific regarding the labor shortage...This is just my observation...When I was a young man it was folks 16 to 22 who were the stockboys, waiters & waitresses, busboys, fast food workers etc...What we have is a society that is producing spoiled, entitled, lazy and coddled kids...In my humble opinion we only have ourselves to blame...You reap what you sow...
And not only that, we set them up to receive $1M+ NIL payments.
Absolutely agree, Roam. Skilled craftsmen and trades workers will always be in demand. As far as the gov't protecting American jobs, the steel industry is a perfect example of how they don't! Not to worry though, the gov't always has a solution. When Bethlehem Steel went belly up and vacated their massive steel plant in Bethlehem, PA., the state gov't legalized casino gambling and offered economic incentives to entice developers to convert this former steel plant into a gambling casino complex! Your tax dollars at work!
I couldn't agree more with you Roam...We don't manufacture anything here anymore...That has to change...Our infrastructure is crumbling and we aren't producing anything here...We need to get back to manufacturing steel, computer chips etc. here in the U.S. or we are going to fall way behind...I feel like we are at a crucial turning point in our nations history as to whether we are going to continue to be a global leader or become a 2nd or 3rd rate nation....
I also feel like we need to commit more resources to research and development as well...
@the-funeral-director If you remember Wal Mart started nationally as US made only, didn't last long Sam Walton said he could not get enough US products.
if the environmental people here really cared about the environment they’d want all the jobs we’ve lost to China to be here so the epa could keep an eye on ‘em. It’s all about money and cheap slave labor. That’s what makes me laugh at the environmental people and especially the race pimps over here, if they really cared about dirty air and slavery they’d be hammering China and Africa. I’ve got Christian brothers and sisters over in Africa in slavery as we speak and nobody cares because ain’t no money to be made but make no mistake…Jehovah is watching!
