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In honor of the 50th anniversary, Home-coming, and Battle of Bryant Irvin, Jr. Torres ‘15 drew a series of comics for the Falcon Quill. In past years, Torres has contributed other drawings; however this year, he was easily inspired by the history of the school, the long-time rivalry between Fort Worth Country Day and Trinity Valley School, and the iconic atmosphere of Homecoming.

Tyler’s TeepeeCollegiate athletes deserve to be paid

Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) smiles as he walks to the bench after throwing an interception during the first half against Alabama at Kyle Field in College Station on Sepember 14, 2013. Alabama would go on to win 49-42. Photo by G.J. Mc-Carthy/MCT Campus

Tyler Steelemanaging editor

Electronic Arts Sports and Collegiate Licensing Com-pany have settled all claims brought against them by plaintiffs in the joint Sam Keller and Ed O’Bannon

lawsuit over the use of college athletes’ names, images and likeness on September 26. More than 100,000 athletes will be eligible for compensation at varying amounts depending on each class members’ claims, said Rob Carey, an attorney for Keller, the former Nebraska and Arizona State quarterback.

EA, which announced it won’t produce its 2014 college foot-ball video game, reached similar settlements in cases brought by former Rutgers football player Ryan Hart and former West Virginia football player Shawne Alston. “This is as profoundly disappointing to the people who make this game as I expect it will be for the millions who en-joy playing it,” Cam Weber, the general manager of Ameri-can football for EA Sports, wrote on the company’s website. There has been a never-ending debate concerning the legal rights of collegiate athletes to receive payment for their services to the college. These athletes rake in millions and millions of dollars for the universities and don’t see a cent of it. Many will argue that a free education is more than enough to compensate for their athletic commitment to the school. I, on the other hand, think that is blasphemy and extremely simple minded. While I believe this lawsuit against EA was unnecessary and quite devastating to millions of people, including myself, who love the college football video game, it was a small step towards players getting paid for their work. The most recent story about player profit is regarding Tex-as A&M quarterback, Johnny Manziel, and his alleged sale of autographed footballs at the BCS National Championship between the University of Alabama and the University of Notre Dame on January 7, 2013. Manziel is one of the most immature and polarized figures in recent college football history, but why should he not be allowed to profit off of himself ? It was reported he earned over 7,500 dollars selling the autographed footballs. It was proven to be a false accusa-tion, but even if it were true should it matter? It’s absurd that the players can’t benefit from their athletic success. The NCAA seems to try their hardest to make the lives of the athletes difficult. Players aren’t allowed jobs because the NCAA fears they’ll make more than others will because they’re football players, but it’s ok for the university to profit off of every aspect of the player. The removal of these ridiculous rules and regulations would be a huge step towards progression. The least the NCAA could do is allow its more productive athletes to benefit from a few of the principles that have helped coaches, athletic directors, media compa-nies and the NCAA president get rich. One way the NCAA could accomplish this is that every time an athlete’s jersey is sold, take a small percent of the cost and place it in a trust. Schools wouldn’t use the plan to offer improper incentives to recruits, make a rule that the school can’t sell a player’s jersey number until the player has spent a non-redshirt year in the program. No one will buy the jersey of a player who doesn’t produce. Then, when a star athlete exhausts his eligibility after a career spent racking up stats and selling jerseys for his school, pay him the money in the trust. The NCAA needs to closely re-evaluate their rules and regulations, and allow player to see some profits from their success.