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[QUOTE="ArtsJunk, post: 2992791, member: 5639"]
Paying players or allowing players to benefit from their likeness will be fun to watch. These kids will get to focus on building a brand and watching it crumble (so say the odds) before they are even 18. I say bring on the pyramid schemes, bankruptcies and tournament games where a players out because he was just indicted for tax evasion. Bring on the harassment at an even younger age by friends, family, agents, as well as advisors.

Schools should either go all in by taking younger kids developing and educating them in a club system with profit share model that allows for the sale to NBA franchises, thus limiting the impact of AAU and other scrupulous people and ensuring they get a proper education or get the ’ out of the entertainment business and focus on education.

This conversation changes once the pie inevitably starts to shrink. Shoe contracts for most universities have peaked, attendance is down and once the impact of “cord cutters” is accounted for, TV contracts will get renegotiated downward. People are increasingly pushing back on the use of public funds for stadiums and coaches getting paid $5-$10M per year.

Lower my cable bill, lower ticket prices, lower coaches, salaries, cut Maui/ Italy and mostly lower my taxes...if there is money left, pay the kids.
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