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[QUOTE="NKR1978, post: 1017218, member: 186"]
I never said indentured servitude. But as you point out, the coaches are professionals...coaching amateurs. You always hear the athletes calling their bowl games or NCAA games "business trips." Coaching and facilities are often as good or possibly better than the pros when you look at the Melo Center or especially Oregon's new facility.

How are the coaches pros and paid like pros, but the athletes are "students." To me that seems like a contradiction that can't be reconciled. Even 10 years ago this wasn't the issue that it is now. At that time we were talking $5-10m a year in media rights. The money is increasing exponentially but the athletes are getting the same benefits that they received 30 years ago. Instead of letting the market determine what the athletes are worth, the NCAA monopoly has dictated what the athletes are worth. I think they're worth a whole lot more than a scholarship.

And for every Johnny Football with a pro career on the horizon there are 50+ kids who have a fleeting few years of fame. I just don't care about whatever internal problems are caused for a team as a result of some kids making money and others not. That just adds another level of professional management that the well-paid professional coaches and AD's would have to deal with.

With respect to incentives, why not allow the schools to offer incentives to the athletes based on performance. They could offer it across the athletics department for performance. $10,000 per scholarship basketball player for a Final Four. Maybe $2000 for a non revenue sport.
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