As silly as this idea might have sounded 5 years ago, I wonder how teams like Toledo can halt the poaching of student athletes. There seem to be two levels of athletes transferring: 1) Those that are contributing at the highest levels, and 2) Those that are not and are looking for more playing time. In other words, those that could get paid and those likely just getting more playing time.

So, if the NCAA has no power or interest to govern the less privileged schools essentially becoming “farm” teams, where the best players are moving to a salary or lump sum, maybe the school or conference can do something. If your players are payed based on performance, could this be an employment contract that would need to be bought out by an approaching school? The best players are paid more based on performance and it’s a contract that needs to be bought out.

Has there ever been a time when all members (current school, student athlete, poaching school) weren’t allowed to look out for themselves? That seems un-American.

If this ever actually happened, Savage Arena will have a big Spirit Halloween banner on it within a few days.

LOL! What?

Money ruins everything and we've already went there.

(04-02-2024 06:54 PM)Screwball Wrote:  Money ruins everything and we've already went there.

Money and greed...money and greed.

(04-02-2024 06:16 PM)PTLROCK Wrote:  As silly as this idea might have sounded 5 years ago, I wonder how teams like Toledo can halt the poaching of student athletes. There seem to be two levels of athletes transferring: 1) Those that are contributing at the highest levels, and 2) Those that are not and are looking for more playing time. In other words, those that could get paid and those likely just getting more playing time.

So, if the NCAA has no power or interest to govern the less privileged schools essentially becoming “farm” teams, where the best players are moving to a salary or lump sum, maybe the school or conference can do something. If your players are payed based on performance, could this be an employment contract that would need to be bought out by an approaching school? The best players are paid more based on performance and it’s a contract that needs to be bought out.

Has there ever been a time when all members (current school, student athlete, poaching school) weren’t allowed to look out for themselves? That seems un-American.

even if UT or MAC were to set up some form of performance based pay or contracts for players, what would stop the major conferences from doing the same and pull MAC players via more money? And as public institutions designating players as employers draws them into a variety of other aspects (not all positive) once under some form of contract or employee status.

I know. It’s really depressing what’s happening to college sports. In prior years it’s exciting to plan on 3 All MAC basketball players coming back. There’s would be a lot to build on. Now it’s just time to start over. Anytime you got a player that achieves it’ll just be “so long”. I am a really optimistic guy. That was my motivation for the thread. I know you get it.

https://getsomemaction.com/documents/202...t_2024.pdf

Student athletes speaking for themselves. Good points brought up in this.

Take some time to read it. Might change how you think.