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[QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 3127026, member: 2585"]
The thing that is the unknown is that currently there are bagmen and hundred dollar hand shakes and $1k food that costs $1, etc. Long held traditions of funneling cash to players in direct opposition to the NCAAs rules at many, many schools. How much, exactly? And how much is the table already unlevel?

That’s for starters. Then you have to ask - what’s the market based equilibrium? That is how much is a players likeness and name worth to a business straight up as a business proposition? And then how many crazy rich people who may or may not be bagmen type will pump x amount of dollars into players season after season? There’s a line somewhere, where it’s just throwing money away.

One more thing. I think some are discounting the secretive nature of how it currently works. A local rich guy can funnel some personal money from his play stash easily. Public funneling of $ with contracts will draw attention. It’s easy and fun to give away secret money. Business deals out in the open are subject to all kinds of pressures.

I don’t think it’s going to be the end of college athletics. I do think it’s better than schools paying players (which would be destructive to other sports)
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