Market Value High school Football vs Baseball players

[Manvol]

Knowing the lay of the land and the level of fandom for college football; how much is a 4 or 5 star football player worth? A high percentage of high school football players that are elite recruits impact their chosen school immediately. From ticket, apparel, concession sales, incoming freshmen have a huge financial impact to the school they have chosen to attend; this goes without saying the impact to television ratings, bowl games and even web sites that track their every move. With that being said I have a list of this past year 2010 first round June draft picks for baseball players. This list shows the amount these kid’s contracts are worth. These kids are going to rookie ball or different levels of the minor leagues before they add any real value to the organization they signed with. Until these baseball players make it the “show” they sale almost zero merchandise, help zero in a pennant race and no value to the TV deals yet they are now worth millions on potential alone.
FIRST ROUND
2. RHP James Taillon: $6.5 MM (The Woodlands (Texas) HS) – Pittsburgh
3. SS Manny Machado: $5.25 MM (Brito Miami Private, Miami, Fla.) – Baltimore
8. 2B Delino DeShields Jr.: $2.14 MM (Woodward Academy, College Park, Ga.) – Houston
9. RHP Karsten Whitson (Chipley (Fla.) HS) – San Diego not signed
14. RHP Dylan Covey (Maranatha HS, Pasadena, Calif.) – Milwaukee not signed
15. OF Jake Skole: $1.557 MM (Blessed Trinity HS, Roswell, Ga.) – Texas
17. OF Josh Sale: $1.62 MM (Bishop Blanchet HS, Seattle) – Tampa Bay
18. 3B Kaleb Cowart: $2.3 MM (Cook HS, Adel, Ga.) – L.A. Angels
19. RHP Mike Foltynewicz: $1.305 MM (Minooka (Ill.) HS) – Houston
23. OF Christian Yelich: $1.7 MM (Westlake HS, Westlake Village, Calif.), Florida
27. LHP Jesse Biddle: $1.16 MM (Germantown Friends HS, Philadelphia) – Philadelphia
28. RHP Zach Lee: $5.25 MM (McKinney (Texas) HS) – L.A. Dodgers
29. RHP Cam Bedrosian: $1.116 MM (East Coweta HS, Sharpsburg, Ga.) – L.A. Angels
30. OF Chevez Clarke: $1.089 MM (Marietta (Ga.) HS) – L.A. Angels
31. C Justin O’Connor: $1.025 MM (Cowan HS, Muncie, Ind.) – Tampa Bay
32. SS Cito Culver: $954 K (Irondequoit HS, Rochester, N.Y.) – N.Y. Yankees 33. 3B Mike Kvasnicka:
34. RHP Aaron Sanchez: $775 K (Barstow (Calif.) HS) – Toronto
35. SS Matt Lipka: $800 K (McKinney (Texas) HS) – Atlanta
37. SS Taylor Lindsey: $873 K (Desert Mountain HS, Scottsdale, Ariz.) – L.A. Angels
38. RHP Noah Syndergaard: $600 K (Legacy HS, Mansfield, Texas) – Toronto
40. OF Ryan Bolden: $830 K (Madison (Miss.) Central HS) – L.A. Angels
42. OF Drew Vettleson: $845 K (Central Kitsap HS, Silverdale, Wash.) – Tampa Bay
43. RHP Taijuan Walker: $800 K (Yucaipa (Calif.) HS) – Seattle
44. 3B Nick Castellanos: $3.45 MM (Archbishop McCarthy HS, Southwest Ranches, Fla.) – Detroit
45. RHP Luke Jackson: $1.557 MM (Calvary Christian HS, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) – Texas
47. RHP Pete Tago: $982,500 (Dana Hills HS, Dana Point, Calif.) – Colorado
50. RHP Tyrell Jenkins: $1.3 MM (Henderson (Texas) HS) – St. Louis
Who do think has more impact immediately high school baseball signees or football signees; how much would let’s say the top 50 high school football players would be worth if D1 schools were considered the minor leagues for the NFL? Think about the market value and the immediate impact that true freshmen are worth. Go look at Rivals top 50 and tell me how much they could sign a “minor league NFL contract” for if there was such a thing. I was one of those guys who were adamantly against paying NCAA football players until a couple years ago when high school baseball players were signing for millions. I then started considering two kids two different sports same high level abilities yet one gets rich out of high school and the other doesn’t. what if it was your son? But this is not whether they should pay players but if they did pay them minor league contracts what would they be worth compared to baseball? The debate about paying players will go on forever just like should we have a playoff.

 

[MSCE09]

100,000 people a game don't go to minor league sports. Terrible move for CFB to allow it to be associated as a minor league. Who won the Pacific Coast League last year? I don't know and Nashville's AAA team plays in the PCL.

Also the NFL would never do it. Career ending injuries in baseball are fairly rare, so it makes sense to lock up a guy before he is ready for the big leagues. The NFL doesn't want to scout HS players and it doesn't want to invest money in kids that could blow out their knees 3 years before even having a chance to play for them.

 

[Manvol]

Not start a new minor league system what if the colleges were to pay players their market value due to the amount of revenue that they generate for the universities.

 

[MSCE09]

85 players a team, 120 teams in FBS. Where is the money coming from? The money currently brought in by a football programs goes and pays for every other sport except Men's basketball which usually can support itself. Most colleges show a total loss in athletics as it is currently set up. If you want to pay cfb players, first you'll have to repeal Title IX or ax every college sport besides football and 3 women's sports that you have to keep to balance out the scholarships.

Also the kids already get paid. Ask anyone in their 40s that is still paying student loans.

 

[CardassianVol]

I think it is a ridiculous argument to say college athletes should be paid when most schools lose money on football and athletics in general. The school is providing a service to them, not the other way around. College provides a stage on which to shine for the truly talented and an education to prepare the rest for real life. To some that is worth millions. Football players don't always last long enough to develop a guy for three to five years and get another two or three out of him after you 'call him up' because of the toll that the game takes on your body.

Simply 99.9% of guys are not ready to step into the NFL at 18 or 19. They need development that the NFL can't provide without damaging their product by paying players insane amounts of money for nothing at all. College allows players to develop while providing what should be a great benefit to the vast majority of players. The two sports aren't very comparable.
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[Manvol]

With the recent announcement from the NCAA that there is no proof Cam Newton knew his father was requesting payment, the bank is now open. How much do you think high school players's parents (without the players knowledge) will be requesting? How much is a NC and a Heisman candidate worth???