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<blockquote data-quote="Winter Tim" data-source="post: 129255420" data-attributes="member: 1772878">There is the question of.... why do schools give scholarships - because you can play ball.&nbsp; Maybe combine them.&nbsp; If you are a music major... I am guessing you can get a band scholarship, can't you?However, if we said &quot;no scholarships&quot;, then sugar-daddy alums would probably just hand the best ball players coming out of high school the money for tuition... so they could come play for his school.I don't know what the answer is.I am actually all for student-athletes. But it is a strange system we have where we compel people to go to college... who have no interest in going to college.I would like to see system like baseball and NHL.&nbsp; Coming out of high school, you can 1) sign a pro contract, go to minor leagues... make a little money... see if you can cut it... and avoid college if it doesn't interest you.&nbsp; Or, 2) you can accept a college scholarship to play sports, but you remain amateur - and won't get paid.The NBA needs a minor league. Right now, the use colleges as their minor league.&nbsp; Thus, you have teams of NBA minor leaguers (Kentucky) playing the Woffords of the world... whose players go to school 4 years... then come out and get a job using their degree.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Winter Tim, post: 129255420, member: 1772878"] There is the question of.... why do schools give scholarships - because you can play ball. Maybe combine them. If you are a music major... I am guessing you can get a band scholarship, can't you? However, if we said "no scholarships", then sugar-daddy alums would probably just hand the best ball players coming out of high school the money for tuition... so they could come play for his school. I don't know what the answer is. I am actually all for student-athletes. But it is a strange system we have where we compel people to go to college... who have no interest in going to college. I would like to see system like baseball and NHL. Coming out of high school, you can 1) sign a pro contract, go to minor leagues... make a little money... see if you can cut it... and avoid college if it doesn't interest you. Or, 2) you can accept a college scholarship to play sports, but you remain amateur - and won't get paid. The NBA needs a minor league. Right now, the use colleges as their minor league. Thus, you have teams of NBA minor leaguers (Kentucky) playing the Woffords of the world... whose players go to school 4 years... then come out and get a job using their degree. [/QUOTE]

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