Kolek planning to go pro
I'm honestly curious about the logic here. Is the argument that college athletes are too fragile? Too dumb? Too selfish? What is it about college athletes that make them the only people in the country who are incapable of handling being paid for their services/incapable of working with people who get compensated more or less than they do?
It’s grasping at straws.
And it's a fundamental lack of understanding that college students already have classmates that have more, and make more than they do. And they get along just fine. In my experience, those jealousies are worse among older adults than college students.
but I think you’ll agree that NIL could create issues within the team that the HC has to be aware of. Does player B become jealous of player A making bank. Does player B feel he should get what A is getting, which then creates division. How does A relate to his teammates? Entitled? How does A relate to his coach? All may be just fine, but there must be an awareness on behalf of the coaches, I would think.
There has to be an awareness from coaches about a bunch of team-related things. I'm not saying NIL is going to cause NO issues, but I just don't think it's the big deal that Mugs or MU69 think it is.
Most are stating it will cause few if any problems. I think it could but I hope I'm wrong. I also believe it's not analogous to the every day working world. You could have situations where many players believe they deserve way more money than they'll get and therefore decide to forego college hoops entirely. You may have teams buy guys with essentially unlimited resources. The huge schools have an enormous advantage. To suggest this will play out seamlessly like they're capatalists working a 9 to 5 job is a stretch imo.
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Competitive balance concerns are legitimate. I'm not personally swayed by that argument but it will further separate high majors from low and mid majors. It's the, "they can't handle making money or working with others who make more than them" arguments that are looney tunes to me.
I really can’t see how this is different from the working world. People are paid the value that they bring.
Do you have issues with anyone in your company making more than you do?
Because the scholarship is how they get "paid" by the university. NIL is like a part time job that they get on their own.You forget that the vast majority of college athletes won't make nearly enough from NIL to cover their scholarship.
...to get an education. The kid that gets 500k does not need the scholarship he can pay his own way for the courses required to play basketball.
That's not how it's going to work necessarily. But if that's how it's done, and players are actually paid by their merit or value, how do you determine that exactly before they step on the court?
Won't some players immediately transfer to schools that pay them more after a good season? As far aa I know there is no cap.
That's not what I'm saying. But if you want to go down that road and look at this in a more macro and nuanced way would you say that kids getting paid big money are more or less likely to go to class and earn a college degree? And if they're less likely, or have no interest, what's the purpose of them getting free tuition or boarding on campus?
Meanwhile, isn't it true that 1/2 of all NBA players go broke? So maybe within the university system theire should be programs designed to help these young athletes deal with fiduciary responsibilities and future investment growth? Perhaps they wouldn't have leeches once they get to the pros?
I think it's different for thr pros because every player on the team that plays is a multimillionaire