Could college softball players make good money in a few years?

[Chilixa]

California is in the process of letting college athletes share in the TV revenue generated by college sports. With the popularity of college softball and the large audiences they draw on tv recently it makes you wonder about the future. It isn’t out of the question that college softball players could make a decent salary in the future. If that happens the growth the sport takes could be interesting to watch.


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[JumboJack]

Any money generated from TV would pale in comparison to most sports. It most certainly would not be considered good money. Especially when split equally between all players on televised teams.


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[GunnerShotgun]

Better it goes to the labor than to the coaches.

 

[Chilixa]

Any money generated from TV would pale in comparison to most sports. It most certainly would not be considered good money. Especially when split equally between all players on televised teams.


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Without looking at the exact numbers I think womens softball might be third in viewership at the moment. College football and mens basketball would be ahead of course. But womens softball had better tv ratings than college baseball by a large margin recently.


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[radness]

California started this ...lol... what is the tax rate?!

 

[JumboJack]

Without looking at the exact numbers I think womens softball might be third in viewership at the moment. College football and mens basketball would be ahead of course. But womens softball had better tv ratings than college baseball by a large margin recently.


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Many parents and fans of softball greatly overestimate the popularity of softball to the general sporting public.


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[CrazyNani]

Great for those athletes who have no chance to go pro.

 

[Nimrod]

California is in the process of letting college athletes share in the TV revenue generated by college sports.

I don't know the latest, but doesn't the bill limit the revenue sharing to athletes in revenue-producing sports? Which is football and basketball.

 

[Chilixa]

I don't know the latest, but doesn't the bill limit the revenue sharing to athletes in revenue-producing sports? Which is football and basketball.

It does so far. But that is expected to be expanded from what I have read.


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[CoachJD]

Many parents and fans of softball greatly overestimate the popularity of softball to the general sporting public.

So the television ratings are wrong, is what you're saying?