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<blockquote data-quote="Illiini" data-source="post: 1392292" data-attributes="member: 625513"><p>If "college" basketball were minor leagues with paid players who aren't students, Title IX wouldn't come into effect. All the university would be providing is naming rights, and money--for the use of school's name and mascot--would flow into the university. </p><p></p><p>It would be a revenue sport in the truest sense of the word. Practice facilities and game venues could be rented by the teams, and they'd get to keep the gate. </p><p></p><p>And if anyone (alumni, local businesses) wanted to contribute to the team or individual players, what the heck, let 'em. And let the NBA run it. No worries then about NCAA intrigue, etc. </p><p></p><p>Making it a genuine pro sport rather what would be a sham student-athlete sport would solve all the problems everyone is getting tied up over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illiini, post: 1392292, member: 625513"] If "college" basketball were minor leagues with paid players who aren't students, Title IX wouldn't come into effect. All the university would be providing is naming rights, and money--for the use of school's name and mascot--would flow into the university. It would be a revenue sport in the truest sense of the word. Practice facilities and game venues could be rented by the teams, and they'd get to keep the gate. And if anyone (alumni, local businesses) wanted to contribute to the team or individual players, what the heck, let 'em. And let the NBA run it. No worries then about NCAA intrigue, etc. Making it a genuine pro sport rather what would be a sham student-athlete sport would solve all the problems everyone is getting tied up over. [/QUOTE]
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