So let's talk about amateur athletics
- Thread starter PSUJam
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There no such thing as amateur athletics in today’s sports. Bye the time an athlete is 17, 12 for a basketball player, and 13 for a female gymnast, and you’re not getting paid then you’re missing the boat.
I saw that this morning. I love sports betting, but I'm not sure I like this.
This proves the NCAA is done and Emmert et al are just collecting paychecks at this point.
Emmert is OK with that. Seven figures for doing squat. Sign me up!!!
I think NCAA basketball can still survive and thrive in an NIL world. Many of the top players are one and done anyway, and the rosters are smaller, so the transfer of players isn't a huge change from how it has been over the past couple of decades.
But I'm not sure CFB is going to exist as we know it. I don't know how many universities have the appetite to field a semipro CFB program. Let's say a lower-level Power 5 program finds a diamond in the rough and develops a kid into a star. As things stand now, that kid will just head off to a higher-profile program for more money. I'm not sure more than 3 to 4 programs survive in the Pac 12, Big 12, or ACC in their current form, and I don't think that is good for the sport. But at least some kids will get paid for awhile before things go totally off the rails.
But I'm not sure CFB is going to exist as we know it. I don't know how many universities have the appetite to field a semipro CFB program. Let's say a lower-level Power 5 program finds a diamond in the rough and develops a kid into a star. As things stand now, that kid will just head off to a higher-profile program for more money. I'm not sure more than 3 to 4 programs survive in the Pac 12, Big 12, or ACC in their current form, and I don't think that is good for the sport. But at least some kids will get paid for awhile before things go totally off the rails.
They've been doing it for years while pocketing the money and many have proven to be very good at it.
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