That day is closer than you think. The big programs will eventually break away and start their own organization and negotiate their own TV contracts.
It happened with soccer in England, when the Premier League broke away from the FA, and became the most lucrative sports league in the world.
It’s going to happen. The Kentucky’s, Indiana’s, LSU’s, Florida’s Texas’s and Ohio State’s aren’t going to carry the water for an association whose membership has full voting rights. The issues facing Ohio State are completely different than those facing Cortland State but the NCAA operates as if they are equals.
Am I reading this right? The king of one and done wants to “do something about” it?
I agree with Coach Cal here...and that’s rare. The NCAA is so tarnished and so poorly run, it might make sense for schools to drop them and start from scratch. The one and done thing is terrible(the nba needs to readdress this issue and either drop it or make it two years.
Beyond that issue the NCAA has created an unworkable system for recruiting and student athlete rules, coaching rules and more. Their Rube Goldberg set of rules is a mess. Students can’t work in the summer but they don’t get paid. A player can be suspended because of booster’s donation of less than 100 dollars decades ago. It is a total failure.
Coach Knight solved this years ago. You offer a 4 year scholarship and that spot is taken for 4 years whether that player is there or not. This would discourage it instantly. Then again, the NCAA would have to have to enforce it......
The pro teams can just belly up to the bar, say that the best thing for the players is that they get a degree. That means at least 2 years in school.
The NCAA can also change their assinine rules that players can’t make any money. They can just adjust the schollarships a bit and have the kids get some spending money. That keeps the “evil” private money out of the picture too.
It’s the best compromise. College sports is big business.
Herr Emmert isn’t going to like that sort of talk. Cal better be careful. While Louisville BB is pretty big, it isn’t UNC or Duke when it comes to paying for the expense accounts of the incompetent assholes in Indianapolis.
Busted for cheating while at UMass and Memphis....NCAA must be looking at UK now. No wonder Cal wants to get out of NCAA
I’m all for it. And to do a thorough job, all schools who leave need to adopt offensive Indian nicknames.
In other words, Cal doesn’t like the rules.