Kolek planning to go pro
ok, if they open the floodgates to pay these guys and they are allowed to transfer, then no scholarship is allowed. the player pays his own way. if the player wants to void the freedom to transfer, then the school could offer some kind of tuition waiver. like for instance, as long as the head coach he got recruited by is still there if he so chooses. so many here seem pretty eager to blow up the system that has worked for so long-careful what you're wishing for. we already have several pro leagues, here and abroad. ya'll understand that you're essentially creating another pro league? what about the "school" part? the education thingy seems like a big distraction from the guy trying to make some coin man. so, we are essentially creating colleges, each with their own pro team...cool?
Unpaid students my backside.They get a scholarship to attend school. In exchange for playing basketball. That’s a barter transaction.They sign a contract, that’s why.
Any contract that bounds them to a school for two years is a bad contract.
well, then don't sign and don't play. a contract is supposed to protect both sides. each is to expect a benefit and protections
I've thought about this pay your own way but that's likely kill us against state schools. Would be interesting to see the amount of mid majors that get the boost from in state talent
What's the benefit to the player signing two-year contract?
What if they get injured, or are a bust in year 1?
It’s called cherry picking. Pick off the cream of the crop from the lesser teams. So simple with new rules. Beware.
Yep. And that’s fine.
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.
They find another school?Seriously, are teams going to cut a talented player because he got hurt? 99.9 percent of injuries are not career ending, and the vast, vast majority of injured players make full recoveries. I mean, if Dawson Garcia hurts his shoulder early next year and misses the rest of the season, Marquette isn't cutting him. And if they do, good luck with the negative recruiting that will result. As for being a 1-year bust, if a school is willing to drop a kid after one year, they'll be willing to drop him after two. All the contract assures the player is one more year on the bench at a place he's not wanted.What a benefit! That kid is better off finding a home at his level ASAP than wasting away on the pines for another season (and wasting another year of eligibility).
But if we elect one of the Socialists in November, college will be free for everybody! So this point becomes moot.
Only if we simultaneously elect 50 socialist senators...
How you two haven't gotten this locked is beyond me.
Only 5 players can play at a time. How many "blue bloods"? 10? The math doesn't add up. These bluebloods will be signing the Top High School players as well, as well as their current roster. I don't see many freshman phenoms at lower schools transferring up. If they are that good, they will declare for the NBA. If they are not good enough for the NBA, they are now at a blueblood for 3 years, tying up a scholarship.Jeff Goodman as the expert on the ramifactions? OK.
A number of coaches were listed, they would be the experts on the ramifications....Jeff Goodman was just one of many I quoted. I left another 20 or so quotes off. As stated earlier, most of the Blue Bloods don't carry a full roster or they have 2 or 3 kids taking a scholarship that are there for GPA inflation / son of booster. As others quoted, it won't just be the blue bloods that do the poaching as it will go from one tier to the next to the next. This kind of movement would never be tolerated in the pros. Free agency was destroying the pro sports as it were which is why Salary Caps, franchise tags, home team exceptions were put in to undo the harm that free agency created. The ultimate irony when people say free agency didn't destroy professional sports....only it was and had to be corrected. No such remedies exist in the college game. Going to be really sad to see how this all turns out.
completely agree here jams! so many here are trying to make it sound like it's the right thing to do without any regard for how it would(not could) play out. i believe it would make our college system, with all its "shenanigans" a real mess. not as simple as just paying the players. if you think the adidas thing was nasty, this would make that look like childs play
Right. And I'm pretty sure Cal and Coach K aren't eager to stack their rosters with A-10 talent.
Are you NUTS? That's like free markets, and, and, and capitalism!Socialism for institutions of higher learning!!! Just not for people.
It's pretty clear by now that the Adidas thing isn't nasty. At least not to the NCAA
When is someone considered an "expert" on a topic?
Why should there only be a one time exemption? If we really desire free agency for people who aren’t employees they should be able to transfer as many times as they want like any other student. Why the half measures? I ask this because people are so adamant about wanting this but seem to stop a bit short of complete freedom of choice.