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Message: [QUOTE="bmayuc, post: 3146498, member: 493"] No. 1. All professional leagues have rules. That false assertion is very easy to bat down. Here's a couple example's of professional leagues with rules : NBA, MLB, NHL, EPL, etc. And those "rules" include much stronger protections and guarantees for the workers who actually produce the product of the league. They are called "unions". 2. Do you consider the current cartel system of the Power 5 to be a "equitable system". Before you answer keep in mind we LITERALLY call the scrub NCAA tournament teams CINDERELLAS because they are poor, in a different social and economic class, and have no chance because the tournament is of course non-equitable. Unless, of course, you think Duke getting 3 5 star recruits in every class is a great example of fairness? C'mon wake up. 3. Most schools lose money on sports now. Think D3, D2, D1AA. By your logic, why do any of those schools play football, basketball, lacrosse, soccer? The answer, of course, is that 99% of collegiate athletics is done to increase the student experience, extracurriculars, etc. etc. These are all fine reasons to have athletic programs and none would be affected. At all. Schools that opt out of the rat race of the 1% of schools involved in high level football/basketball would just... continue with business as usual. Imagine that? It wouldn't collapse society after all. The difference is that at the highest level, it becomes free market. "Boosters" as you all use would be a meaningless term. They would be "Program Sponsors" legitimately instead of illicitly. So instead of a bag of cash from the user car dealer "booster" now you have an above board sponsorship. Where there used to be shady shoe company involvement is now just... NIKE Sponsoring player endorsements transparently at their sponsor schools. The term "booster" is a term born of illicit affairs. This system bring that crap above board, pays the players a fair market wage, and the rest of the system can just... carry on as normal. What exactly is the problem there? ****if you say the problem is that UConn can't compete, I both disagree generally and also beleive it is not a sufficient reason to not support a more just system. If the only thing that supports our success is a corrupt system that is not a good reason to not support a more just system. [/QUOTE]

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