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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 1076820, member: 1969"] Assuming that the current framework in the NCAA will not change, the improvement in the college game can be driven by the NBA and the NBA Player Association. As the NBA feels it is better for players to stay at school longer its time to work some creative things into the CBA. They know its better from a development, risk minimization (draft) and marketing perspecetive, so they can take some steps to encourage it. 1. Increase the rookie scale salary significantly for each year you stay in college.. for example if the rookie slot is $1 million, you get paid $750K if you enter as a high schooler, $1million as a frosh, $1.5 million as a soph, $2.0 million as a junior, and $2.5 million as a senior. The raises are more for a lotto pick, and even more for a top 5 pick. At the minimum, you make an extra $0,5 million a year extra for every extra year you stayed in school on your first three year contract. For a senior drafted in the first round, that is worth $4.5 million in total over your first 3 year contract. 2. Allow opt out's one year earlier for a player that entered the NBA only after his junior or senior year. 2. Only the base slot salary countw against the salary cap. So teams don't get punished from a cap perspective by drafting a senior. 3. The pay increases for staying are shared equally by the entire league and are not only borne by the drafting team. After all, this initiative helps get better players into the NBA, more mature players, allows teams to take less risks, and you get players that are more well known entering your league. This should be an initiative that all teams should be happy to fund. 4, Some loan programs from the NBA for those first round quality players whose family are in need, but who want to stick around in the NCAA. You create a system where: a) Players who really want to get out after one year because they hate college will still get out and get a nice payday. b) Players who like the college experience but leave for financial reasons, will be given financial incentives to stick around a bit longer. We are still stuck with the inherent cheating / academic issues caused by the NCAA system. And you some kids may stick around with manipulated grades. But I think at a minimum it improves the quality of the NCAA and NBA product, and still provides an opportunity for an athlete to gain a salary earlier if he so desires. [/QUOTE]

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