Texas A&m Pulls In An Extra $300 Million Due To Manziel

[Quillback]

Wow is all I can say. That $300 large is just in one year. Link to article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/17/football-manziel-credited-for-record-texas-am-fundraising-windfall/related/

[hank franklin]

And Johnny Football works basically for free.

One of the biggest scams ever perpetuated.

[Quillback]

You aren't kidding, I knew that colleges got quite a bit in donations, but I never imagined that a school like A&M could rake in over $700 million per year (this includes the extra $300 mill JFB brought in). With that kind of money sloshing around in the troughs you know some crooked pigs are in there feeding.

[Feathers and Fins]

Wrong state for Pigs, Crooked longhorns maybe lol

[ozark trout fisher]

It's okay. The NCAA will not exist for much longer (at least for the big schools) if things keep going the way they are. The so called "Big 5" (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC) seems bound to break off from the rest of D1 and form their own organization whether that's in two or ten years. You can bet they will be paying players to create even more separation from the rest of D1 who still will be under the NCAA most likely and won't be able to.

The only downside to this (in my opinion) is that it could leave schools in the Sun Belt, C-USA, AAC etc out in the cold with very little funding. But guarantee games between the Big 5 conferences and the rest would still pour money their way. And in this arrangement it seems likely that the bigger more attractive schools in those conferences (Cincinnati, UConn, USF, UCF etc) would be snatched up to fill out numbers. All said this would be an arrangement I could get behind in a big way. It's no longer a pipe dream either.

Now this is just me talking, not speculation on what will happen: if/when this occurs, for the postseason you could still have your regular bowl games. But to decide a champ I would have all five teams compete in a playoff.....with the fourth and fifth ranked team having a "play in" game to make it work. That would be a pretty good way to handle it I think. No more ambiguity....win your conference and have an opportunity to play for the title.

[Wayne SW/MO]

And Johnny Football works basically for free.

One of the biggest scams ever perpetuated.

How much would mr. football make if the other 21 left the field?

[Feathers and Fins]

Wayne putting aside everything related to NCAA rules or evenother players,I have given the subject a lot of thought and even some research. Not just for JFF but others and in my opinion I would say he would make probably $150,000.00 a years if paid by a College ( That is a guess and no way to even guess be cause it has never happened NCAA stuff )

However based on others in his age that have gone pro in other sports in Pay and Endorsements Easily he would be worth and making Millions. Tiger for example made 2, million at 21 PGA winnings and lord knows how much on endorsements. MJ made 550,000.00 his first year in the NBA and endorsements came fast to him.

It would not be far off to think if the NFL rules were not in place JFF could be pro and making several million there easily and as he is very popular and or a hot commodity right now endorsement deals in the millions of dollars as well.

There are few other players who could be making million dollar checks if they were able to be pro or did not have NCAA rules pinned on them.

[gotmuddy]

You aren't kidding, I knew that colleges got quite a bit in donations, but I never imagined that a school like A&M could rake in over $700 million per year (this includes the extra $300 mill JFB brought in). With that kind of money sloshing around in the troughs you know some crooked pigs are in there feeding.

you havent ever been to the campus have you? A&M is huge.

[stlfisher]

Wow is all I can say. That $300 large is just in one year. Link to article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/17/football-manziel-credited-for-record-texas-am-fundraising-windfall/related/

looks like Johnny football has been busy singing autograph's again.

That is some serious mula...

[Quillback]

you havent ever been to the campus have you? A&M is huge.

I have been there, did a software installation job a few years back. Their football stadium is also huge, and they're going to spend $450 million to upgrade it, they are about to get huger But it's Texas, there's no such thing as "too big" in that state.