Let's all give Jay Bilas a hand. Seriously, how awesome has he been? In light of the Johnny Manziel controversy that the Texas A&M quarterback profited off of autographs he signed for brokers, Bilas took to Twitter to expose the NCAA Shop for profiting off of players' names.
As he pointed out 14 times on his account, by searching a player's name in the search bar (i.e.-Manziel, Zeller, Muhammad) shopNCAAsports.com will turn back results with all of their jerseys. This hardly seems fair. In fact, it's not fair one bit. There's a possibility that Manziel could be suspended for the season because of this. It's about time these athletes get paid for the NCAA using their name for profit.
This is nothing new in the world of college athletics. The debate on the NCAA using players' likeness has raged on for years (see 'Fab 5 Michigan'), but it has heated up recently and the Manziel story comes at the perfect time.
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