Comments on: NCAA makes $5 million in insurance available

By: zn0rseman

zn0rseman — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:35:15 +0000

Now days so many atheletes are getting cupcake liberal arts degrees that only qualify them to work in fast food, or at best as a bartender.

By: maximusprime107

maximusprime107 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:11:12 +0000

The college degree argument doesn’t hold the weight it used to

By: helloanybodyhome

helloanybodyhome — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:56:35 +0000

To hard to do it fairly, many players drafted in the 1st round never live up to expectations, conversely some players drafted later have great careers.
If think they have a shot at the NFL they can always buy the insurance.

By: trevor123698

trevor123698 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:52:26 +0000

Its amazing that people trust insurance. i have heard enough stories of life insurance companies ripping you off to know you dont get what you should in most cases

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:40:18 +0000

Getting his college degree would be the best insurance of all. Don’t think these guys are looking at it that way any more.

By: vaphinfan

vaphinfan — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:28:44 +0000

His situation has gotten way out of hand. I thought just being able to go to college for free was a pretty good deal.

By: rob0527

rob0527 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:13:56 +0000

The NCAA makes enough money off these athletes and every player should be entitled to this benefit at the expense of school. How many players end up with career ending injuries?

By: michaelvinters

michaelvinters — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:13:04 +0000

So let me get this straight…rules the NFL has made, and agreed to with the NFL players association in collective bargaining, are keeping players from making money in the NFL, putting future NFL earnings at risk….therefore the NCAA should give them free insurance??

By: thestrategyexpert

thestrategyexpert — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:06:55 +0000

Well maybe this is an opportunity for the future to address the issue of whether or not college players should get paid money. Being in the insurance business myself I have found that Life Insurance policies are a great way to create flexible things of value for a convenient fit in a complex situation. Maybe instead of determining how much cash players are able to make, they could offer a cash-value Life policy and standardize it across the nation.

The players can be protected a variety of ways while also having the flexibility to draw cash from policy loans if they are so inclined. There could be a lot of advantages to using this type of benefit, or even health insurance or disability insurance are options too, as opposed to having to pay the players cold hard upfront cash when it comes to the day that these players can secure compensation rights.

By: robert831

robert831 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:01:43 +0000

“why should the players have to pay for it?”

Are you kidding? So the NCAA should pay for insurance for only projected top picks? If they are going to pay, than every single NCAA athlete should be insured for 5 million dollars. What a stupid question.

By: thegreatgabbert

thegreatgabbert — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:58:08 +0000

Thanks a lot. Small consolation to players like DaQuan Bowers and Danario Alexander who lost that amount of money off the first year of the contracts they could have expected if they came out healthy. Or more.