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[QUOTE="Consigliere, post: 1350105, member: 559"]
I always thought there should be a sliding rookie salary scale for kids that stay in college. I believe drafted players are covered by the scale their first 3 years and can;t make market value until the second contract - year 4 in the league. This promotes an incentive to start the clock as early as possible. Why not start the clock following the freshman year of college? Sophomores are artificially constrained by the scale for only 2 years, juniors for only their first year and seniors are able to negotiate a fair market contract immediately. May provide a reverse incentive for the NBA to draft early entrants before established college players but how different is that from what we see today?

Also have a friend who thinks with 4 year guaranteed scholarships should come a provision that player who leave early should have to recompense the school for a portion of their scholarship. Doubt that would change the incentive structure and you could certainly engineer the provisions but it does have a ring of fairness to it.
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