I also like the idea of multi-year contracts, but of course I can't know if teams/players would actually go that route very often and/or for more than 2 years. I think it would at least require NCAA or all power conferences to agree to enforce them, since schools generally don't want to be in the position of having to sue players or other schools if someone gets poached.
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Clawing money back is hard, thus my route of escalating payments (a back loaded contract).
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Noted stickler for the strict rules of player eligibility Josh Pastner
College basketball traditionalist Josh “plz buy our team” Pastner
If it goes that route, they should have buy-out clauses. Say you have a top-tier player you offer $1.5 mil/yr, for 2 years. If the contract has a 2nd year buyout of $500k, it makes it so you have $2mil available to replace him. Just need to spell out the timing so it actually works with the transfer window as intended.
IMO, as the money gets bigger, the contracts should get more sophisticated to spread the risk.
Eh I usually like Ryan Hammer's stuff, but this stat is kind of a misrepresentation if what he's going for is "November matters and Champions win in November"
I think what this stat actually shows (if anything) is that Championship teams historically don't play anyone in November. I went back and looked through the schedules of the last 10 CBB champions, and the list below is the TOTAL games played by Champions against opponents ranked 25 or better in final KenPom:
I think if you want to conform to this statistic as a Championship team, don't get upset by a good team that's worse than you in November.
Of the top 10 KP teams, only Duke, Illinois, Arizona and MSU have 2 or more KP top 25 games in November. Florida has 1, and Houston, Kansas, Iowa St, Alabama and Texas all have 0.
Uconn has the toughest schedule of anyone and has 6 top-25 KP opponents before Christmas. They'll be battle-tested to shred through another weak Big East.
Will Wade wore out his welcome and then some with the Alston family, I guess?
Your reaction was the same as mine --thanks for doing the research.
That said, I do think that championship teams have a collective swagger and pride that helps them avoid upsets.
$5 million is what the #15 NBA lottery pick gets. The system seems to be broken.
Not if you’re a really good basketball player.
somebody is paying that money to the kids.... why would I feel bad for the people paying for something?
they are very far down the list of people I'm empathetic towards
as for the kids, they have elite skill and projected skill in their field of choice especially over their peers in that field... they deserve to be compensated especially with high school games being televised and monetized now more than ever. add in shoe companies, tournament and aau circuits, etc... plenty of money going around. prefer it going to the people who actually generate it
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
You're right, the NBA rookie salary scale *IS* broken
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I dont disagree. However its quite possible those same kids would be grabbing the 8 figure contracts in the lottery the same year so you might be getting a guy on a big discount to his pro value.
When does the players union adjust for this.....at the next CBA?
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Ignore the players and assume it passes. What could go wrong?
I hope this doesn’t handicap the conference compared to SEC in spending…disadvantages in paying for elite prospects.Big Ten Prepares for Protect College Sports Act Economic Framework
The rookie salary scale is in place at the behest of the Union. Union wants to protect the vets first. Teams are capped at the amount of $$ they can spend. If rookies are capped in their compensation, it means more $$ for the vets.