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Message: [QUOTE="seeya27, post: 4155992, member: 2365"] UConn's so-called player monopoly -- which is shared by USC, Baylor in the past, Stanford, others -- hasn't been financially driven. (UConn only rarely has the #1 recruiting class, btw). It was success driven. They compete for players on the same level playing field that any other school does. USC and UConn don't provide any additional financial inducements that any other school can offer. Anti-trust behavior inherently involves financial factors in some way. No one is suggesting AL, LSU or TX can't recruit the top players or be limited in doing so. But I am suggesting that unlimited dollars can't be thrown at players as an inducement. Those inducements need to have a structure like any free market venture. I don't trust the government at all. But I don't trust the unfettered free market entirely either. Both need to be watched, managed, regulated and restrained. [/QUOTE]