AP Interview: Emmert: Changes needed, but not paying players

[olehead]

Don’t play sports then. Nobody is forcing anyone into playing college sports. Quit complaining, college athletes will never get paid and quite frankly that’s why college basketball is amazing.

As I said in another post, the market will eventually dictate how all shakes out. As families of top recruits gain greater familiarity with this NCAA notion of amateurism as an impediment to defining NCAA athletes as employees in the marketplace their families will begin to opt to play where they receive satisfactory value, where ever that may be. This may include a package contemplating tuition for college. College sports, without significant reform, will capture other recruits and families satisfied with their valuation tied to the one year renewable scholarship. You, as a fan, sure you can continue to enjoy, but the athlete and the game will change. Whether it improves or worsens will be left up to you to decide.