College kids will act like college kids (Fox Sports)

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As if on cue, the morality police are in a froth because of the latest spate of off-field incidents by college football players. But Pete Fiutak points out that not only will this never change, the ones pointing fingers tend to be hypocrites on several levels.

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In the bizarro world of NCAA ethics, Rhett Bomar gets booted for washing cars, but Notre Dame's Jeff Samardzija can accept six figures from the Cubs and keep playing.

The problem with this is that the questions revolve around whether Bomar earned the money he worked for. Plenty of college athletes have jobs and don't have any problems with the NCAA because they actually do the work they are paid for. Samardzija is no different. The Cubs pay him to do what he does.

 

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The problem with this is that the questions revolve around whether Bomar earned the money he worked for. Plenty of college athletes have jobs and don't have any problems with the NCAA because they actually do the work they are paid for. Samardzija is no different. The Cubs pay him to do what he does.

In addition, part of the reason for a rule like this is so rich boosters can't recruit, with essentially cushy jobs. "I have a business. You can work for me and make more money here than if you worked for the booster at State U." You can't give certain universities with richer alum and boosters that kind of advantage.

The whole issue of paying athletes is a tough one, though. Should the NCAA be able to make all that money off the backs of sometimes student-athletes? If not, who should get that money?