[dirtboy]

I am saying big-dollar programs such as football and basketball should be able pay their players in those programs. Now they milk those kids for millions while paying a pittance. The current system has evolved over time to the point of aburdity. Baseball, for example, maintains a farm league. A player can choose college or the farm system. Pro football and pro basketball use large programs for their farm systems.

[jda]

You didn’t answer my question.

[grania]

You're the closest I've read that's come to a reasonable solution. A farm system would solve so much, and those who stayed in college programs would be choosing to give up pro status because they want an education with scholarships they're qualified for first.

It works real well in baseball. I've encountered students with the dilemma...do they risk injury playing college baseball or do they go into the minor leagues with a franchise working with them while they combine baseball and education?

With football, less thuggish egotists on campus pretending to get an education might benefit everyone.....including them.