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<blockquote data-quote="YankeeIllini" data-source="post: 1470329" data-attributes="member: 639964"><p>I think the real solution is to get the NBA and the NFL to agree to drop any employment restriction that prevents players from jumping right to the pros, and pony up to establish minor league systems that will let the future pros have an avenue to pursue their dreams. They can sink or swim on their own merit, as today they really don’t have much of a choice. Survival of the fittest at its’ finest, and no more hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth over the welfare of the “students”.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile the college games would be relieved of the illusion that they are the last bastion of amateur sports and actually provide an education for those athletes serious about school. Would the game quality suffer? Maybe a bit, but the fact remains college fans follow the school, not the players. The roster changes every year as players either graduate or move to the pros after satisfying the pro league rules for waiting. IMHO the popularity of the game would not suffer much, if at all.</p><p></p><p>The financial benefits college athletes are accused of pursuing would largely melt away, as the big bucks would always be in the pro track, although there would always be cheating if the incentives are big enough. My $0.02 contribution to a multi-billion dollar problem <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p><p></p><p>This would pretty much table the transfers conundrum also, as the players that feel they want more PT or don’t fit or are asked to go Have more options.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YankeeIllini, post: 1470329, member: 639964"] I think the real solution is to get the NBA and the NFL to agree to drop any employment restriction that prevents players from jumping right to the pros, and pony up to establish minor league systems that will let the future pros have an avenue to pursue their dreams. They can sink or swim on their own merit, as today they really don’t have much of a choice. Survival of the fittest at its’ finest, and no more hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth over the welfare of the “students”. Meanwhile the college games would be relieved of the illusion that they are the last bastion of amateur sports and actually provide an education for those athletes serious about school. Would the game quality suffer? Maybe a bit, but the fact remains college fans follow the school, not the players. The roster changes every year as players either graduate or move to the pros after satisfying the pro league rules for waiting. IMHO the popularity of the game would not suffer much, if at all. The financial benefits college athletes are accused of pursuing would largely melt away, as the big bucks would always be in the pro track, although there would always be cheating if the incentives are big enough. My $0.02 contribution to a multi-billion dollar problem 🤣 This would pretty much table the transfers conundrum also, as the players that feel they want more PT or don’t fit or are asked to go Have more options. [/QUOTE]
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