I think it’s safe to say that the #15 Gator jersey is probably the most sold Gator jersey in history. I don’t have the numbers to back it up, but just by looking around… there is hardly a fan in the stadium not wearing one.
Darren Rovell of CNBC wrote an interesting article today on whether or not Tebow and other collegiate athletes should get a cut of the profit for jersey sales. Here’s a quick excerpt:
After Tim Tebow won the Heisman Trophy, the University of Florida sent out cease-and-desist letters to at least seven web sites trying to profit off Tebow name. The university was interested of course, because they didn’t want anything to compromise his eligibility.
But then why is the University of Florida able to profit off Tebow’s name? Yes, I know, they gave him a scholarship. And, yes, I know, it’s always hard to say how much the play of one player contributes to the athletic department’s bottom line.
Apparently UF made $7 million from Tebow jersey sales in 2007, yet he’ll never see a dime of it.
This argument has been going on for years… and not just among football players. Basketball players want a cut too. There are many reasons why college athletes won’t get a percentage of jersey sales, but one of the main ones I can think of is what if there are multiple players with the same number (Grossman and Harvin both wore #8 at one point), how do you determine which athlete gets the money?
What do you think of this? Should Tebow get paid for #15 jersey sales?
I don’t think college atheletes should get sales from their jersey. They’re name isn’t on the back of it and I think that at this point in their career it should be able to the school, not the athelete.
I think athletes should get paid for jersey sales the people are buying them because of the athlete not because of the school without them the schools wouldn’t make as much money besides the scholarships that they give these student is pennies to what they make off of them $7 million dollars in one year for one player and they give him a scholarship that is worth at best $150,000 over 4 years come on thats why the game is messed up like it is