define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); ncaa pay for play – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:24:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court College Athletes Petition the NCAA For a Piece of the Pie http://rushthecourt.net/2011/10/25/college-athletes-petition-the-ncaa-for-a-piece-of-the-pie/ http://rushthecourt.net/2011/10/25/college-athletes-petition-the-ncaa-for-a-piece-of-the-pie/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:00:03 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=43115

On the heels of NCAA president Mark Emmert advocating up to a $2,000 stipend to cover some of the costs of living, the Associated Press reports that more than 300 college athletes at Georgia Tech, Arizona, UCLA, Kentucky and Purdue signed a petition to ask for a percentage of the television revenue from skyrocketing deals. They sent the petition in to the NCAA last week.  But this petition wasn’t just about padding student-athlete wallets — the signers want to see a portion of television revenues put into an “educational lock box” to help basketball and football players pay for future [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2011/10/25/college-athletes-petition-the-ncaa-for-a-piece-of-the-pie/feed/ 0