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[QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 136400, member: 60"]
The NCAA is acting, imo, as a monopsony.  It does not want a minor league system to compete with it as a sole buyer in a marker (or just about).  I know you say that kids don't have to play for the NCAA technically, but in real terms, if you want the best chance to showcase your talents for the NBA as an American-born AAU/HS player, you want to go to the NCAA.  I think we can all admit that.  The NCAA rout also helps set up their image and makes them a known commodity.  You get to be on national TV.  You are on SportsCenter.

And here is the thing about the value of a player to a school, there is a very easy way to solve this, strip out the regulations and see what an Anthony Davis is worth to UK.  If the $50K or so he gets for tuition and everything else per year is enough, he will earn that much.

Granted, this is an oversimplified example, but you know and I know that a lot of these kids are worth way more than the $50K.

If it were up to me, I would set up a trust for kids that play in revenue-producing sports that would pay out in some manner over the course of their lifetimes, on money that each kid helped the university earn.  The yearly stipends should also be increased.
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