Former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones went on a rant via Twitter on Monday about how student-athletes are treated by the NCAA .
According to Yahoo Sports, Jones said in a series of tweets that the NCAA controls lives and has unfairly limited student-athletes from making a profit off of their likeness. This isn’t the first time that Jones has made headlines by tweeting about college sports. In 2012, he tweeted “Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain’t come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS.”
Jones isn’t the only player to take shots at the NCAA on social media. Many players have also done so recently because the NCAA banned satellite camps.
“I'm so happy to be done with the @NCAA and their rules & regulation. They do any & everything to exploited collegiate athletes,” Jones tweeted. “It's deeper than athletes thinking we should get paid. The @NCAA control our lives with insane and unfair rules. Why shouldn't a collegiate athlete be able to use their OWN likeness/brand to benefit themselves but yet the @NCAA can sell there jerseys?? That's my 2cent on the @NCAA .It's not like that's going to change how the athletes are exploited, even tho 98% of people feel the same way.”
Jones declared for the NFL draft at the end of last year. He didn’t play in the last three games last season after losing the starting job to J.T. Barrett. He threw for 1,460 yards, eight touchdowns, and had five interceptions last year, according to ESPN. He has thrown for 2,323 yards, 15 touchdowns, and has had seven interceptions in his career and won a national championship at Ohio State.
Jones has been rated as the sixth-best quarterback in the 2016 draft class.