ESPN is reporting that the college sports cartel otherwise known as the NCAA will suspend Johnny Manziel, the popular quarterback of the Texas A&M football team, for the first half of this Saturday’s season opener against Rice for violating NCAA bylaw 12.5.2.1. This is the rule that exploits our student-athletes by prohibiting them from allowing their names or likenesses to be used for commercial purposes. So is this half-game suspension a just punishment for Johnny Football? That is, is it too little or too much?
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This punishment is so lame. First of all he should not be punished if he did earn money from his own signature. But if the NCAA or Texas A&M feel as though he should be punished then it should be more serious than a half a game. Really? That’s less than a slap on the wrist.
It seems as if the NCAA is basing its penalty on a form of strict or vicarious liability on Manziel: although he did not profit personally from the sale of his autographed items, he should have known that others would profit from such sales
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