04-10-2015, 10:59 AM
Like any addict, the schools playing major football are going to have a choice. They can either continue trying to get a bigger and bigger cash fix (and all the problems that come with more dependency), or they can go into re-hab and try to kick their habit by re-committing colleges and universities to have only qualified athletes take scholarships to play sports.
There simply must be a model developed - like professional hockey - where the college plays a role, but there is an established minor league system for developing talent. Look at Premier Prep, the new basketball academy in Napa that is now the home of the #1 hoops recruit in the country for I think it's 2017. The best athletes are going to specialized high school programs, not traditional high schools, to maximize their training in their sport of choice. The next logical step is for those academies to form minor leagues rather than send kids off to college for one or two years.
But it all starts with colleges and universities willing to quite their addiction to big-time sports money to give the breathing room needed for minor leagues to develop.
There simply must be a model developed - like professional hockey - where the college plays a role, but there is an established minor league system for developing talent. Look at Premier Prep, the new basketball academy in Napa that is now the home of the #1 hoops recruit in the country for I think it's 2017. The best athletes are going to specialized high school programs, not traditional high schools, to maximize their training in their sport of choice. The next logical step is for those academies to form minor leagues rather than send kids off to college for one or two years.
But it all starts with colleges and universities willing to quite their addiction to big-time sports money to give the breathing room needed for minor leagues to develop.