01-11-2016, 01:04 PM
I dont have a problem with $10K a year comp either, but I thought you posited a free market which would result in much more money being paid, at least to some players.
I put the word "amateur" in quotes above because I realize they arent pure amateurs, but even the pre-professional Olympics considered scholarship athletes "amateurs".
As I said, I dont know what the effect on college football would be if there is a free market ( where players can make 6 figures and transfer at will). You seem to think it wouldnt have much affect on the popularity of the game. I think it would. For starters I believe schools like Stanford and UND have said they would withdraw from the Power 5 and start their own league. I think other schools would do the same, either because they feel it would send the wrong message as to what college is about, or because their state legislatures would decide they dont want their universities to be in bidding wars for high school players.
If all you are proposing is allowing all FBS players be paid another $10K, I dont see an issue. If you are proposing that players be paid different amounts and the amounts will be set by the free market, then I think it will significantly decrease the popularity of college football as we know it, and would be a mistake. As I have said, that should be the role of a separate professional minor league system. But I guess neither of us really know.
I put the word "amateur" in quotes above because I realize they arent pure amateurs, but even the pre-professional Olympics considered scholarship athletes "amateurs".
As I said, I dont know what the effect on college football would be if there is a free market ( where players can make 6 figures and transfer at will). You seem to think it wouldnt have much affect on the popularity of the game. I think it would. For starters I believe schools like Stanford and UND have said they would withdraw from the Power 5 and start their own league. I think other schools would do the same, either because they feel it would send the wrong message as to what college is about, or because their state legislatures would decide they dont want their universities to be in bidding wars for high school players.
If all you are proposing is allowing all FBS players be paid another $10K, I dont see an issue. If you are proposing that players be paid different amounts and the amounts will be set by the free market, then I think it will significantly decrease the popularity of college football as we know it, and would be a mistake. As I have said, that should be the role of a separate professional minor league system. But I guess neither of us really know.