For those who follow the NCAA's basketball tournament, you may have seen or heard of the horrific injury sustained by Kevin Ware. In response to this, entrepreneurial efforts were undertaken whited caused some people to be bothered by it. Adidas, teaming up with the Louisville, began selling T-shirts with Ware's jersey number, but not his name. Since Ware is an unpaid amateur, he won't be getting any of the proceeds from the T-shirt sales, because no one in contractually required to pay him.
On April 3rd, the school decided to forfeit any royalties from the T-shirt sales. In response to that, Adidas is donating a portion of each sell to the university's scholarship fund. It appears as though the greed at someone else's injury was checked, Kevin Ware still is not getting paid. (SB*NATION)
I admit to not knowing the NCAA rules, but I suspect college students cannot get paid for merchandising. Sad. Kevin Ware breaks his legs and everyone else around him makes money, except him.
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