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Message: [QUOTE="bmayuc, post: 4001863, member: 493"] One final thought now that you are seeing players start to sign deals - this could INCREASE the amount of time players stay in college, lowering the constant turnover, and increasing both the quality of players in college and the cohesiveness of teams. Currently, the main incentive to go "pro" was the payday. Its an enormous cliff. How many of us said it about Bouk. "If you are a 1st rounder you gotta go." Its because of the all/nothing cliff economics. You gotta take the payday. Some/much of that may be mitigated by the fact that some really high level college players at big marketable brands (UConn, hello) may have higher or equivalent earning potential - or at least more guaranteed income - in college. For instance, a guy who's a bubble first rounder but an all-conference sophomore at UConn may have 3 years left of solid NIL $$ plus the college lifestyle he is enjoying... vs maybe a non-guaranteed NBA/overseas contract and the possibility he flames out and being a bench NBA guy may have much lower earning potential on social than a bigtime college athlete. There's alot you disaster theorists haven't quite thought thru with this. That's my point. [/QUOTE]