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NCAA to allow players to make money

College teams have been paying under the table payments to players and their families for donkey years.

Losing a few stars to the NBL isn't the issue.

To make it legal for players to get paid takes out the corruption and the NCAA will look better in a marketing sense.

Plus, the NBA is looking to run their own development league and therefore, making NCAA a waste of time for star players.

Not for profits do pay people to work lol, unless of course you’re ncaa profiting from athletes working and not paying them

It is not for profit. That's why the coaches get paid so much, the money has to be spent somewhere so they can avoid profiting.

"I said floodgates openING "

Fair.

I still say it would never have been more than niche even with the changes.

The Next Stars program was always going to be niche and as it stands, still barely makes an impact among college eligible athletes.

If the NBA and/or NCAA change the rules around their eligibility the small niche for the Next Stars program is done.

The NCAA will still be fine even without the one and done guys.

What is it maybe a couple dozen guys who leave after one year? And how many of those are SURE they're going to only do one year? I mean sure guys like Zion and RJ Barrett knew, but there's other guys who get injured in year one or just don't have that impact as a Freshman who stay on for another year or sometimes more.

Most college teams play with no future NBA players and still get good crowds and good TV audience. Some will argue it will be better as you'd end up getting guys who play college who WANT to be there.

Not saying it wouldn't mean the NCAA taking a hit of some kind, but their success is about more than a couple dozen guys a year.

Yeah allowing sponsorships seems to be the easiest way. Their are cons to that though.

Local sponsors saying "we will give you this much in sponsorship if you choose this college" means the bigger schools are likely to get an even bigger cut of the top players.

Secondly, sponsorships to players could affect overall sponsorships to colleges, meaning the schools are making less money and less able to run programs etc.

Not saying either of these are catastrophic, but there's no plan that doesn't have its downsides.

For the record I think players should be able to receive payment in someway if someone thinks they're worth that. I don't know what plan I would favour, but I think there needs to be some provision for payment.

Well, if you go to Duke with tuition room and board is if USD$73k per year so a 4 year full scholarship is worth USD$292k !
not bad for a Duke education and future networks and playing basketball at world class facilities and world class coaching

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/02/duke-university-tuition-a-73513-education

Letting players get paid is obvious. Most people at uni work to get money and study, The basketball IS the work.

Implementation is interesting, perhaps players can be given the same amount based on year? Freshman, sophomore etc different levels of pay

"floodgates"

5 guys. Only 2 who were eligible for college.

" The NCAA is a not-for-profit organisation "

College coaches and team managers certainly make a profit

"Why not? If the NCAA is profiting off these kids and their athletic ability, why should some of that money not go to them?" anon ~041 above.

I also think they shouldn't be paid. The NCAA is a not-for-profit organisation. They make money from 3 or 4 sports (mens basketball, football, baseball, hockey?) which then subsidises the other 40 sports. If they pay mens basketballers then there is less for the other sports athletes. Basketballers are fortunate that they have the opportunity to play professionally post college which most other athletes do not have. They do incredibly well now, without also paying them at the expense of others. If basketballers get paid then there will be other athletes who wont get their college opportunity which is what it is all about.

I realise that many on this forum are focussed on basketball and believe they should be paid. However, I think the bigger picture needs to be considered - the money needs to come from somewhere.

The door is opening to allow payments for NCAA college athletes to earn $ from marketing their image etc. This follows a California court ruling a few weeks ago to allow payments from 2023. The NCAA is now saying 2021 for payments "consistent with the collegiate model". I guess that means a raft of regulations to come to ensure no reduction in the level of playing fields (maintaining fair competition across/between conferences) or undue incentives to lure players to particular rosters? However, it is very hard to predict where the NCAA will land with this but this statement is a positive step for basketballers.

As opposed to a push to pay basketballers for playing, which would re-direct NCAA funds away from other athletic programs to individual basketballers, payments for marketing should not detrimentally affect other athletes.

See link: https://www.thescore.com/wcbk/news/1866317/ncaa-opens-door-for-athletes-to-profit-from-name-image-likeness

Not a mistake at all IMO, but if anything it doesn't go far enough. Time to drop the student athlete charade altogether.