Why the MDIA is Better than the NCAA!

by **Jack Cribbin** on Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:33 pm

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by **bste_lax** on Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:36 pm

He jokingly claimed if it would have been a million dollars, he would be skipping out on his senior year. :lol:

by **mholtz** on Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:47 pm

He's not being paid to play football, so why can't he accept it?

it's for golf.

Weinke was a professional baseball player before he was a college football player... what's the difference?

by **ACE** on Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:55 pm

He can't accept it because how many "prizes" would these atletes start getting. It would be near impossible to enforce, not that programs are clean right now anyhow.

But you did make me think about the college players playing proffesional in another sport. I think it was Cedric Benson was playing with the Dodgers in the minor leagues while playing football at Texas. Thats how they backed up why he drove an Escalade and could afford the 42" plasma tv that got stolen!

by **Beta** on Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:55 pm

The diff with Weinke was that he was being paid to play baseball before he played football, not during his eligability. Since that other guy has a year left, he wouldn't be able to accept money. Or else there'd be "sink a free throw, win a new car" contests springing up all over the country :lol:

by **jessexy** on Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:23 pm

guys like Weinke played pro ball before they played college football, not during.

Ricky Williams played football during his pro baseball days, but he technically was a walk-on at Texas and the SD Padres paid for his tuition. He wasnt a scholarship athlete at UT.

Jeremy Bloom was "accepting" prize money for his skiing and was a scholarship athlete at Colorado. thats why there was confusion there. I guess he could have "walked-on" for football and paid his own way with his winnings, but i think that still would have been prize money.

by **KnoxVegas** on Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:58 pm

PGA pro Jason Bohn did the same thing while in school at Alabama, 'cept his was for a million. He promptly left school to claim the prize. So there is precedent for this.

Tate couuld accept the money, if he gave up his scholarship. Weinke and Quincy Carter paid their own way through school.