[dirtboy]

In medieval times they had something called an apprentice system. Young adults would accept a pittance for the benefit of learning a trade from the master

I have a cousin in AA minor league ball. Already has a nice sum in the bank while he learns his trade while striving to make The Show. That isn't an option in the NFL and NBA.

[A'elian' nation]

“That isn’t an option in the NFL and NBA.”

Does make one wonder how those colleges keep getting all those football and basketball players, and why they are not all running to the baseball sandlots ?

I’m not defending the NFL or NBA in the least. They aren’t the issue in this thread I started. I just want to give any athlete more of an economic opportunity.

Your idea might work as well as it has in baseball. It would be a whole systemic change requiring much more politics and upheaval than simply liberating the individual player.