basketball is only one year compared to 3 (for the most part

basketball is only one year compared to 3 (for the most part
by jt (2019-01-10 13:56:45)

In reply to: Basketball has plenty of lucrative alternatives posted by smithwick

with that said, I think that you might have stumbled onto something:

by allowing the kids more freedom they come to the rationalization that it is in their best interests (the majority of them anyway) to go to college and stay in school.

Funny how that works. I would argue that the same would be true if you kept the rules the same for football (no pay for play, no extra money for the school) but allowed the kids to profit off of image and likeness. The vast majority wouldn't profit much at all because demand would be low and the vast majority would realize that the real value they're getting is in the education provided and the spotlight they get from being able to compete at the highest stage.

Makes sense to me. *