(03-02-2018 07:40 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(03-01-2018 12:38 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(03-01-2018 07:28 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  These kids aren't interested in really going to a minor league unless the money is substantial (+150K). Since there isn't a minor league system that generates that income, they want to extract that salary from an organization that does monetize minor league sports effectively. $100K while hanging around a college campus is IMO the deal they are looking for.

That deal is $100,000 plus they only have to stay in college for 7 months before they can start taking more money and taking it openly.

If you take away either of those two components the deal falls apart. If the NBA draft rules were like the MLB draft rules, then players would have to choose between turning pro out of HS or staying in college for 3 years. The shoe companies and agents aren't going to pay a player that much cash throughout 3 years in college; they're paying now based on the 7 or 8 month turnaround between payment and getting the player to sign pro contracts. If players had to stay for 3 years, the agents and shoe companies wouldn't chase after them until their final college season.

Take away the shoe/agent deals for one-and-done players, make HS players eligible for pro basketball, and then there will be many players interested in going from HS to the G league. For that matter, the shoe companies and agents can sign the G league players and supplement the G league salary. That money will just go to G league players instead of one-and-done players.

I think what MBB needs is the college baseball attitude from players that choose that path more than anything. Because even if the G-League take the top 30 players yearly, that's still over 4000 players attending college. Even without that top talent, MBB is still going to generate money. Thus you haven't actually changed the issue, they still see the game their play as generating revenue and want a piece of that pie, regardless of if the fans or TV viewers are simply cheering for laundry.

A big part of the college baseball attitude is that those who choose college know that the alternative is playing in A ball for $1500/month or less and taking long bus rides between small towns all summer. G-League players make at least $19,500/year and don't have to bus to away games, and the best of them get "two-way" contracts that pay $75,000 and allow the NBA club to call up the player for up to 45 days.

It's been suggested that NBA teams be allowed to have one G-League roster spot for a player who has just finished high school and who would be paid at the two-way rate.