Monday, April 04, 2011
Jason Whitlock Destroys The NCAA
Most of us will be enjoying the championship game tonight between Butler and UCONN. Before you do, you might want to consider listening to this podcast from Jason Whitlock concerning the backwards nature of the NCAA, especially the sports of football and basketball. Certainly his take is not without critique, but at least it gets the conversation going and is quite provacative. If you are a huge fan of college football and basketball I would be interested to hear what you think.
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I accidentally scheduled a meeting during the game...
I am going over to somebody's stinkin house for dinner during the game!
I know!!!
Well, I agree with the problem and hypocrisy of the higher ups in College sports.
I'm not sure his solution, or paying the players at all, is actually do-able though?
He talked about paying them what they earned vs. not paying non-revenue sports. How would that work? Wouldn't that incentiv-ise the football team, for instance, to play in big money-making arenas, and make schools more or less attractive to the players based on how much money they might get from rich alumni/big games/half time entertainment/sponsorships?
Wouldn't that make college athletes go to a school that is sponsored by Nike, for instance, so they could make more money with Nike shoes, etc. . ?
I just don't see how you do that with 119 D 1 programs. They can barely make it work with 30 NBA teams. Would there soon be a "cap" for player "salaries" or "stipends"? I'd need to see some details before we even think about paying the revenue-generating players.
How about we give the players a larger stipend/per diem for everyday expenses so they aren't looking for illegal money? And, if they don't like it and break the rules, they get kicked out and "sent" to the professional leagues? That might be a place to start
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