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From marchmadman Updated 03/28/24, 12:00pm |
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And
by the end of the weekend, we will have 4. Some
of you still have a chance to win. Most of you don't. Just like the real tourney. Some
of you will have a big pay day. Most of you won't. Just like the real tourney (Well, kind of). In
this new era of the NIL (name, image, and likeness) and transferring without
having to sit out a year like previously, players are free to enter their
name into the transfer portal and start negotiations with new potential
coaches on how much they will get paid to the play that beautiful amateur
game called college basketball. Arguments
for and against NIL and free transfers are many. But
whether you agree or not it has changed the game. Rules
like these have changed the college game significantly over the years. In the
early years of the NBA draft, a player had to finish his four-year college
eligibility to be eligible for selection. In
1971, the US Supreme Court ruled against this requirement. Still,
NBA owners were hesitant, only drafting two high schoolers (Darryl Dawkins
and Bill Willoughby) between then and 1989. The
conventional wisdom at the time was that high-schoolers
were neither emotionally nor physically mature enough for the rigors of the
NBA game. In
1995, Kevin Garnett shook up the status quo when he
chose to forgo college and declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. On draft day, Garnett was selected with the #5 pick in
the first round by the Minnesota Timberwolves. The
next year, Kobe Bryant did the same thing. So did
Lebron James un 2003. Those
guys did not pan out. Oh
wait, they did. In
2005, the NBA and the players' union agreed to require that the minimum age
for entry into the NBA be 19 and that entrants be at least one year removed
from high school commonly called the one-and-done rule (1 year of college
then to the NBA). This is where we have been since
then. That
is until 2021 when the US Supreme Court basically said, "Hey NCAA, stop
pimping these athletes. They can get paid too." Also
in 2021, the NCAA removed the rule requiring first-time transfers to sit out
the following season, meaning they can play immediately for their new team. This applies for only
first-time transfers. That
is until late 2023 when federal courts ruled in favor of some athletes
effectively saying, "Hey NCAA, you're still pimping. Knock
it off!" Now,
with NIL and all the tranfers you want, it's all
about the benjamins. And
the better the athletes perform in the NCAA tournament, the higher they will
get paid. But
it always has been that way for the college coaches. Many
coaches have incentive bonuses based upon their post-season performances. Take for example coaches in this year's tournament: Tennessee's
Rick Barnes already received a $1M bonus and would add another $1M for making
the final or $1.3M for winning it. UConn's
Dan Hurley already received a $450,000 bonus and would add $1.2M for winning
the championship. Almost
all Sweet 16 coaches will receive over $750,000 in bonus money for winning
the championship.
He
would only get $260,000 for making it to and winning
the championship. And
of course, all the Sweet 16 coaches are free to renegotiate next year's
contract, or that school is at risk of losing their coach to a school that
will pay more. Now
the players can too. Will
you get paid in this year's Madness of March pools? I
hope so. Cuz your NIL ain't
gonna cut it. Not this
year. Not next year. Unless
you're cute, like these guys |
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