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[QUOTE="SBU72, post: 1366825, member: 741"]
Yesterday on Rochester radio, Will Carroll advocated the NBA D-league.  If you think about it, the D-league would require approximately 320 players (1 team per NBA team x 10 man roster)  Even once stocked, how long will the NBA pay guys to develop, meaning how many D-league roster spots open up a year.  50?  100?  So what does this do to the college game with the top 50 to 100 players going directly to the pros each year?  Ok, some of them might be 3 year players but I say the total will be closer to 100 than 50 as the NBA won't wait more than 3 or 4 years for guys to develop in the league.  Carroll acknowledged that college basketball might go the way of college baseball.  He says he loves college baseball.  He watches the NCAA baseball tourney as much as he can.  No regular season.  I can envision the same for b-ball.  Also, no more 325+ teams in Division 1.  P5 teams at the most with the bottom ones not very good.

Also, consider that MLB minor league players do not earn very much money.  guys not on the 40 man roster earn  from $2150 to $2700 a month.  Roster guys get paid $40,750 to $81,750 (/yr)  current D-league players are not much better.
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