In reply to: I think a football player avg wage of $407,000 is fair & posted by MrE
50% rev share should be the solution.
Average wages of an 85-man roster for 50% rev share would be closer to $530,000 per player (on top of their full scholarship).
If they want to have practice squads, so be it.
YOu could ratchet down scholarships to, say, 70, and keep a practice squad of 15 or whatever. Just keep giving $50M a year per program to players in scholarships + wages.
of organization would pay entry level 18 year old employees $530,000 per year or anything close to that number?
On another point, if you gave $50M per program to the 120..or so...D1 programs, the total number is $6 billion on the low end. Are you aware how much most "programs" make and do you understand that Notre Dame along with maybe the top tier of Power 5 programs are in rarified air...and that's when the team(s) have a good season. The money is not only flowing at high levels.
All P5 college programs, save for a few, are operating at 40% to 60% margins in CFB due to the free labor system.
Players should get 50%, or $3B per year.
requirement and let the 18-22 year olds go pro whenever the NFL says they are ready...draftable.
like your idea, too.