Mark May.....My Hero?

[Biggin]

i know, but the NCAA allowed Tom Z. to make and keep money from a non-football sport and he received sponsorship money IIRC, which was why the NCAA said Bloom was ineligible

[steer]

Zibby didn't get any endorsements for the fight, and didn't actually need any.
Bloom needed the endorsements for the Olympics.
The NCAA allows you to be a professional athlete, other than the sport you play in, just no endorsements. Zibby didn't take any. Just the money he won.

[Biggin]

Bob Arum promoted the fight and Zb. got paid.

"According to NCAA Bylaw 12.1.1, a Division I football student-athlete may box professionally and retain his eligibility, as long as he does not promote a commercial entity. "

He fought on the undercard of a big time PPV fight, I guess the rules are pretty open ended. By being on the card, he promoted the card just with his name, and I figured that would constitute promoting a commerical entity.

but you're right, i thought he took money from a sponsor and he didnt. thats why Bloom couldnt play as you noted, he took sponsor money.

but I dunno, its a weird situation

[steer]

Yep, and I've read many reports on it, even from CBS Sports, NBC, etc... and each reported that Bloom was a jerk the entire process and Zib was doing everything they said.

[Biggin]

yeah the NCAA always rewards cooperation, like in the AJ Green/Marcel Dareus situations.

I can understand Bloom's point tho, its two totally different sports. And he said that skiier had to have sponsor money to compete, not sure how true it is but thats what he said

[steer]

yep, but then again, John Elway played Minor League baseball during college football off-season and got paid for it.

[Biggin]

yep, he refused to play for the BAL Colts so he played baseball for a year and got drafted by DEN the next year.

thats the main reason I dislike Elway. You play for whoever drafts you

[1inStripes]

Im a huge Elway fan, and that is something that used to bother me, but I don't have a problem with it anymore. The way I see it now, if you have the ability to sit out a year to put yourself in a better position to succeed, then more power to you. You are sacrificing a big payday today, for the potential of better money down the road.

[Biggin]

but its a big slap in the face to the team that drafted you. its showing an insane amount of arrogance to believe that a player is better than any team. i hated it when eli did it and its the reason im not a huge Elway supporter.

the purpose of the draft is to give the worst teams the best players in an attempt to give them a better shot at winning, and Elway thought he was greater than the system IMO

he isnt the only one, eli did the same and it was ridiculous

[steer]

Elway could have been successful with them.

Didn't Eli Manning do that? Wasn't he going to be drafted by the Chargers and refused to play if they did?