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[QUOTE="AlpharettaCuse, post: 1070672, member: 1466"]
99% of Division 1 players won't get drafted. Most of these kids aren't getting millions to play basketball by anyone.  The universities are not going to do it.   The D League only pays between 12 and 24k per year.   Europe pays between 65k and 100k or so.  The reality is most schools are not bringing in revenue like Syracuse.   If the kids are good enough to get someone to pay them to play, let them go and play pro ball.  For 99% of of the kids, the opportunity to get a free education and room and board probably out weighs what they personally generate for the school they play for.  Baye Moussa Keita got a degree from Syracuse worth probably 200k.  What's the market rate for a role player that averaged 2 points per game for his entire career at SU?   He might be making 12k per year in the D league.    Mookie Jones didn't generate revenue for Syracuse Basketball and he got the opportunity for a free education and the opportunity to play for a elite basketball program to grow his game.   What would he be doing if there was no college basketball?  These kids don't have to go to college.
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