pay the players?

xuinmd · 10-01-2017, 04:47 PM

Several sportswriters are suggesting that paying the players is a partial solution. I don't see why the fact that the college is paying would keep the players and coaches from accepting more from shoe manufactures and/or agents. I would like to see return to frosh not eligible. This would force the pros to finance their own farm system. Also the players that don't really want the college experience would make room for those that do.

**GoMuskies** · 10-01-2017, 04:49 PM

I think the stipend method being utilized now is fine. If the NCAA wanted to pool all the cash from the CBS television contract and give a portion of it to all D-I players in equal shares, I wouldn't be opposed to that, either.

smileyy · 10-01-2017, 05:40 PM

Pay the players.

smileyy · 10-01-2017, 05:41 PM

You'd have wanted Tre ineligible his first year?

JTG · 10-01-2017, 06:07 PM

Do away with 1 yr rule, let players go from HS to NBA. That would cut out a lot of the pay for play in college.

**X-band '01** · 10-01-2017, 06:17 PM

Or utilize the same rule that MLB does - you can elect to go straight from high school to the pros or go to college for at least 3 years. I think that 2 years would also be fair under such a scenario.

Juice · 10-01-2017, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by X-band '01

Or utilize the same rule that MLB does - you can elect to go straight from high school to the pros or go to college for at least 3 years. I think that 2 years would also be fair under such a scenario.

Yeah but the MLB rules isn't that simple. They allow high school kids to have "advisers" (not agents, whatever), get drafted, and still decide to go to college. Players also can get around the rule by playing for community colleges and leaving at any time for the pros. International players can sign deals as early as 16 years old depending on what country they're from.