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Diehards: Deante Gray calls debate over paying players ‘laughable’ after NCAA earnings report
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<blockquote data-quote="cheese83" data-source="post: 2559554" data-attributes="member: 7737"><p>I think you're seeing the "brand" matter more in college basketball these days. With all the one and done guys at schools like Duke, UK, UNC, etc., there isn't even a chance to really get to know the big time stars. They "go to school" for about 8 months and then leave. At least the NBA has a D league. But once you get into the D league unless you were drafted the pay sucks, think it comes in around $25k/yr plus housing costs. If you give kids the option to either go straight to the NBA or try to sign on a D League team vs. playing in college for a free scholarship I think over time the majority of players would end up picking college vs. the minors. Sure the big time studs would go pro and get paid but that's basically the one & done guys or kids who don't want to go to school. Then they'd end up getting totally screwed in the end without earning a degree or anything. </p><p></p><p>Kind of feels like college baseball has been trending that way the last 10 or so years. Why go grind it out in single A ball with limited resources living in a crappy town when you could go to a school like UT or TCU with tons of co-eds, sweet dorms, parties, and still have a good shot at making the MLB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheese83, post: 2559554, member: 7737"] I think you're seeing the "brand" matter more in college basketball these days. With all the one and done guys at schools like Duke, UK, UNC, etc., there isn't even a chance to really get to know the big time stars. They "go to school" for about 8 months and then leave. At least the NBA has a D league. But once you get into the D league unless you were drafted the pay sucks, think it comes in around $25k/yr plus housing costs. If you give kids the option to either go straight to the NBA or try to sign on a D League team vs. playing in college for a free scholarship I think over time the majority of players would end up picking college vs. the minors. Sure the big time studs would go pro and get paid but that's basically the one & done guys or kids who don't want to go to school. Then they'd end up getting totally screwed in the end without earning a degree or anything. Kind of feels like college baseball has been trending that way the last 10 or so years. Why go grind it out in single A ball with limited resources living in a crappy town when you could go to a school like UT or TCU with tons of co-eds, sweet dorms, parties, and still have a good shot at making the MLB. [/QUOTE]
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