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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1752934, member: 716"]
I don't agree with the premise that players should be paid, but this problem -- trending worse each season -- is making my position more difficult to defend (emotionally, if not logically).

Kids who want to play college basketball and reap all the rewards that come with that, super, I'm not too sympathetic if the NCAA is raking in billions of dollars in selling broadcast rights. When the kids are forced to do non-basketball activities (those BS Final Four music commercials, for instance), have their likeness used to tout games (X Syracuse player taking on Y Duke player in the Big Monday matchup), and the merchandise becomes more individually representative, I'm very uncomfortable with the situation.

Again, college basketball has made things difficult on itself by not checking its greediest instincts. If this were marketed as a team game, player media time were strictly limited, and kids weren't being moved around like revenue-generating chess pieces, the schools and leagues would still bring in 75% of the money they do now, and the bulk of the fans currently upset about the situation wouldn't be complaining.
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