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Message: [QUOTE="huskyd, post: 2475358, member: 6488"] It's not unusual for someone somewhere to be arguing that college athletes should be financially compensated. We've booted that ball around on the BY before and come up with conflicting opinions. My purpose here is [U]not[/U] to rehash the old arguments. In this morning's WashPost, another column appeared on the topic, strongly urging the “robber barons” of college sports to supply “full financial relief for athletes in top-tier college” programs. He specified major division football and basketball. Among these, he wrote, were the “richest schools,” which profited to the tune of “upward of a 100 million dollars (a year?).” Further, he cited a 2011 Drexel University study that estimated that players in the biggest programs had a “fair market value” of $120,000 to $265,ooo (more in today's market). NOW: let's assume that a decision is made to [B]pay college players for their services[/B]. I wonder who exactly would be paid and who would not, and how much each player would be paid and on what basis? In most professional sports, athletes are paid according to their market value. That suggests that players who draw the crowds account for the most revenue. Who would you pay to watch? (Geno said that when Breanna was here he used to play her for extended minutes because the fans came out especially to see her.) Assuming that the most crowd-pleasing players would collect the most in a pay-for-play system, how would you rank the members of the current UConn team? Which draw the most customers? Feel free to disagree with my premise (I know you will). Could you design a payment scheme that would be best? (I have purposely omitted any dollar figures because I'm not sure how I would determine these; some of you stat geeks might want to try.) IMO the top drawers on the Huskies in order: [B]Lou[/B] (the 3 is basketball's home run), [B]Gabby[/B] (a highlight maker), [B]Kia[/B] (has entered the HR derby), [B]Crystal[/B], [B]Z[/B], [B]Napheesa[/B], [B]Meg[/B]. [/QUOTE]

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