And of the states where the head coach of the basketball or football team is not number one its the chancellor or president of (usually) the largest university. I'd rather pay the football coach than them tbh, at least the coach works hard.

Its a moot point because quality coaches pay for themselves and more by the revenue the program brings in

Where is the "amateurism" in all of this?

Its moreso due to the players that they bring in (pay for) but i understand your point.

Its not really the government's responsibility for people to be literate.

shocked to see jeff brohm is 7th highest paid coach in country

also surprised coach k isnt in top ten for basketball

Who should it be if not coaches? Governors? College Presidents?

They get paid what they do because college sports generate significant revenue and as of now the players have wage limits.

Again which debunks the whole notion that it is about "amateur athletics". Nick Saban's current salary would make him the 4th highest paid coach in the NFL.

The players are the ones "generating the revenue" in all actuality by the way. They are the proverbial straw that stirs the drink when it comes to "amateur athletics". They and those willing to actually pay the money require in order to acquire them.

Yet the NCAA decides it necessary to crack down on Memphis for no other reason than they aren't considered NCAA royalty. I for one will be glad when the NBA allows high schoolers to go straight to the NBA once again. Once this happens NCAA basketball is essentially done. Book it!

NCAA basketball can survive without 5 or 6 players a year. There really aren't any great freshman this year and CBB is fine. Wiseman quit. LaMelo is doing whatever he does. Things keep on going.

Zion was great last year. Those players are rare to be do good so early.

If the NBA goes back to allowing high schoolers to the pros there will be far more than 5 or 6 heading out.

There will be 40 to 50 kids minimum that will pull it. Again Book it!.

No way will the NCAA be able to absorb the loss.

There will not be 40 to 50 players a year going from high school to the NBA. There aren't even 40 players a year leaving after their freshman year. There are only so many roster spots available.

Still though you have to understand college basketball doesn't require the elite NBA bound talent. The Big Ten is very popular with almost no high draft picks.

If anything, the ability for players to make money off their likeness will keep fringe NBA players in college longer rather than trying to make it in Fort Wayne with the Mud Ants.

The "revenue" generated by College Basketball is generated by lucrative television contracts. Those contracts are generated much more by the Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, and North Carolinas of the world than they are by the Penn States.

As far as the number that will leave i guarantee that it will be much closer to my 40 to 50 that it will be your 5 or 6.

There have been certain drafts where the first 10 or so picks were all 1 and done. It will be the same for high school kids.

There have been years where Kentucky alone has placed 6 One and Dones in the draft.

You are wrong on the TV contracts. Big schools with big fan bases make the money. Some of those teams have top freshman and some don't.

This year is a great example. There aren't any great freshman. The best one may not even make the tournament.

5 or 6 players that skip school would have been high impact. A lot of one and done players didn't really do much in college.

Again which debunks the whole notion that it is about "amateur athletics". Nick Saban's current salary would make him the 4th highest paid coach in the NFL.

The players are the ones "generating the revenue" in all actuality by the way. They are the proverbial straw that stirs the drink when it comes to "amateur athletics". They and those willing to actually pay the money require in order to acquire them.

Yet the NCAA decides it necessary to crack down on Memphis for no other reason than they aren't considered NCAA royalty. I for one will be glad when the NBA allows high schoolers to go straight to the NBA once again. Once this happens NCAA basketball is essentially done. Book it!

The players from LSU and Clemson should get together and refuse to play the championship unless each guy receives a check for $100,000. It would be interesting to see how the NCAA and ESPN would handle that.

Every college fan knows that the players aren't as good as the current NBA players. That is true even if you are a Duke fan watching their team of future NBA players or if you are a Wisconsin fan with no future NBA talent. You simply don't understand why college sports are big if you think star power of players there for one year is what drives it.

Of course Memphis saw a financial benefit from the prospect of being much better with Wiseman. It is still inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. The power conferences were still making a lot more money than Memphis.