It has always been this way.
Rex Chapman shared he was making more money in college than the NBA at one point: "I took a pay cut to leave school"
https://www.basketballnetwork.net/co...a-at-one-point
There are only so many slots to fill.
It has always been this way.
Rex Chapman shared he was making more money in college than the NBA at one point: "I took a pay cut to leave school"
https://www.basketballnetwork.net/co...a-at-one-point
There are only so many slots to fill.
Yes but they are actively tearing down all of the restrictions that kept athletes from jumping from team to team, under the guise of "protecting their ability to make money off of their names"
Eventually you'll have players jumping teams mid-season.. your school lose and ruin their national championship hopes? Just jump to Michigan before the playoff starts...
Is this clickbait? Has the money always been there under the table? Yes! Have athletes been lured from lower programs by cash? Yes! But they had to sit out one year. And today an average player on the bench can receive cash incentives like a $75K truck in some programs with NIL money. Also, a player that washed out at another program didn't get paid $45K for a spring semester tryout funded by NIL contributions. Sorry, it hasn't always been like your example. Only the very best of the best.
Thats like saying people didn't find gasoline expensive when it went from .25 cents to .33 cents.
The lure of under the table money was more than enough to make players sit out a year.
Here is the point, none of the top paying programs today are going to be any more talented than they were 40 years ago. The money is there more than ever but it is essentially no more attractive than what past players received.
The top paying programs are not going to be any more talented and the low paying programs are not going to be any less talented than before.
Adapt or die
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