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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 3521154, member: 2524"] Yes, the question is whether the G league can become a profitable spectator sport replacing college basketball. If you pay $50k each to the top 200 players every year, keep them in the G league 4 years on average, the total payroll is $40 million. With 800 players, 16 players per team, you have a 50-team national league. That's about the same size as the P5 college leagues. NCAA gets $1 billion per year just for the tourney. That's more than enough to profitably fund a payroll of $40m for players plus coaches/staff. Add in gate revenue etc and why wouldn't the NBA do this? It's only antitrust concerns because it would put D1 college athletics out of business. [/QUOTE]