Letter: Pac-12 pays Scott $5M but nixes ‘professionalization’?

Pac-12 pays Scott $5M but
nixes ‘professionalization’?

Re: “The Fair Pay to Play Act: A look at both sides” (Page A1, Oct. 1):

Kudos to Gov. Gavin Newsom for signing the Fair Pay to Play Act as a shot across the bow of the NCAA targeting its nonsensical prohibition against collegiate athletes earning money from the use of their names, images and likenesses.

I was particularly astonished by the absurdity and brazen hypocrisy in Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott’s response that the Pac-12 is “against anything that could lead to the professionalization of college athletics.”

Is this guy serious? According to the Pac-12 financial data, Scott makes over $5 million a year as Pac-12 commissioner. Since he is so opposed to “professionalization” of college athletics, perhaps the Pac-12 should convert his position to that of an unpaid volunteer.

Rusty Thomas
Saratoga

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