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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 1751472"]
There are two options that I see.  a)  Set a certain salary that is even (perhaps cost of living adjusted) across all power conferences and set a separate salary across all mid-majors.  The salary is partially funded by the conferences and partially funded directly by the NCAA.  You might even be able to get away with an equal salary across all conferences by requiring the big ones to kick in a higher percentage so the NCAA can cover a higher percentage for the small conferences.  Restrict the ability for players to get extra money by marketing themselves.  This would drastically reduce any advantage that could be had by programs like Kentucky because they wouldn't be able to pay any more than other schools.  I'm sure there are particulars I'm leaving out, but this is the most straight-forward and easiest to implement solution I can think of.  Players get paid but schools don't gain an advantage over each other.  If some smaller conferences don't think they can keep up with funding the salaries, they can drop down to DII or DIII; there are already too many basketball programs to begin with in DI.

b)  Don't pay any salaries but allow the players to market themselves.  This is potentially the most fair option for the players but creates a huge issue with competitive balance for the schools.  I'm not a fan of this option at all.
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