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2013
In honor of the 50th anniversary, Home-
coming, and Battle of Bryant Irvin, Jr. Torres
15 drew a series of comics for the Falcon
Quill. In past years, Torres has contributed
other drawings; however this year, he was
easily inspired by the history of the school, the
long-time rivalry between Fort Worth Country
Day and Trinity Valley School, and the iconic
atmosphere of Homecoming.
Tylers Teepee
Collegiate athletes deserve to be paid
Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Johnny Manziel (2)
smiles as he walks to the bench afer throwing an
interception during the rst half against Alabama at
Kyle Field in College Station on Sepember 14, 2013.
Alabama would go on to win 49-42. Photo by G.J. Mc-
Carthy/MCT Campus
Tyler Steele
managing editor
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lectronic Arts Sports and Collegiate Licensing Com-
pany have settled all claims brought against them by
plaintiffs in the joint Sam Keller and Ed OBannon
lawsuit over the use of college athletes names, images and
likeness on September 26. More than 100,000 athletes will be
eligible for compensation at varying amounts depending on
each class members claims, said Rob Carey, an attorney for
Keller, the former Nebraska and Arizona State quarterback.
EA, which announced it wont produce its 2014 college foot-
ball video game, reached similar settlements in cases brought
by former Rutgers football player Ryan Hart and former
West Virginia football player Shawne Alston.
This is as profoundly disappointing to the people who
make this game as I expect it will be for the millions who en-
joy playing it, Cam Weber, the general manager of Ameri-
can football for EA Sports, wrote on the companys website.
There has been a never-ending debate concerning the
legal rights of collegiate athletes to receive payment for their
services to the college. These athletes rake in millions and
millions of dollars for the universities and dont see a cent of
it. Many will argue that a free education is more than enough
to compensate for their athletic commitment to the school.
I, on the other hand, think that is blasphemy and extremely
simple minded. While I believe this lawsuit against EA was
unnecessary and quite devastating to millions of people,
including myself, who love the college football video game, it
was a small step towards players getting paid for their work.
The most recent story about player proft is regarding Tex-
as A&M quarterback, Johnny Manziel, and his alleged sale
of autographed footballs at the BCS National Championship
between the University of Alabama and the University of
Notre Dame on January 7, 2013. Manziel is one of the most
immature and polarized fgures in recent college football
history, but why should he not be allowed to proft off of
himself ? It was reported he earned over 7,500 dollars selling
the autographed footballs. It was proven to be a false accusa-
tion, but even if it were true should it matter? Its absurd that
the players cant beneft from their athletic success.
The NCAA seems to try their hardest to make the lives
of the athletes diffcult. Players arent allowed jobs because
the NCAA fears theyll make more than others will because
theyre football players, but its ok for the university to proft
off of every aspect of the player. The removal of these
ridiculous rules and regulations would be a huge step towards
progression. The least the NCAA could do is allow its more
productive athletes to beneft from a few of the principles
that have helped coaches, athletic directors, media compa-
nies and the NCAA president get rich. One way the NCAA
could accomplish this is that every time an athletes jersey is
sold, take a small percent of the cost and place it in a trust.
Schools wouldnt use the plan to offer improper incentives to
recruits, make a rule that the school cant sell a players jersey
number until the player has spent a non-redshirt year in the
program. No one will buy the jersey of a player who doesnt
produce. Then, when a star athlete exhausts his eligibility
after a career spent racking up stats and selling jerseys for his
school, pay him the money in the trust. The NCAA needs
to closely re-evaluate their rules and regulations, and allow
player to see some profts from their success.