Poll of the Day > This 19 y/o Kid lost his SCHOLARSHIP because he chose YOUTUBE over FOOTBALL!!!

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Full Throttle
08/01/17 11:44:34 PM
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Do you think it's fair that college athletes can't make youtube videos to talk about their athletics?


Donald De La Haye, a 19 y/o college football star was ruled INELIGIBLE to compete in the NCAA and lost his SCHOLARSHIP after he refused to demonetize his Youtube channel!!

The placekicker at the University of Central Florida was faced a decision: cease making money off Youtube or don't play college football and lose his scholarship...

He is going into his junior year and chose to LOSE his scholarship and stop playing as the UCF said they tried to come to an agreement with him to allow him to play as an NCAA athlete but they couldn't.

UCF said "The waiver, which was granted, stated De La Haye could maintain his eligibility and continue to monetize videos that did not reference his status as a student-athlete or depict his football skill or ability. The waiver also allowed him to create videos that referenced his status as a student-athlete or depict his football skill or ability if they were posted to a non-monetized account"

But his account referenced his football career at the university and played in all 13 of the Knights games this past season as he's amassed 90,000 subs...

The marketing major said the rules that disallow NCAA athletes from profiting from the brand said "I feel like it's about time for things to change. The times these rules were made weren't really up to part with what's going on in the real world today"

NCAA bylaw said that an athlete "may establish his or her own business, provided the student-athlete's name, picture, appearance or athletics reputation are not used to promote the business"

The fight between student's profiting from their brand and likeness and the NCAA's right to profit from them has been in debate for years as Basketball star Ed O'Bannon sued the NCAA and won in an antitrust suit...

Donald could do the same thing but as of right now he's created a GoFundMe page stating the NCAA ruined his future all over a "few bucks" he's made on Youtube but it's nowhere near the money to pay for his college..

Do you think it's fair that college athletes can't make youtube videos to talk about their athletics? let's see what people think

Donald - Former Football Player now Full Time Youtubeer

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MICHALECOLE
08/01/17 11:52:33 PM
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It's fucking bullshit that college althetes don't and can't get paid while the school makes millions of their names, then if they get hurt they lose their scholarships and what little retribution they had.
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Syntheticon
08/02/17 12:08:08 AM
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Full Throttle posted...
Do you think it's fair that college athletes can't make youtube videos to talk about their athletics?

No, it's not even close to being fair but he was warned and knew what would happen if he continued so it's his own fault.
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