Proposal For Paying Players
I've generally been staunchly against paying players on the reasoning that a college education is payment. Lately I've been coming around, but still don't like the idea of professional-izing college athletes.
I haven't seen a proposal like this, so I'm not sure if it's been discussed before, but: why not put money in a trust fund for every year a player actively participates in a sport which can only be claimed with a college degree? The players still wouldn't be paid in college, but would have the ability to get some starting-out money once they've graduated.
Granted, schools would be encouraged more so than now to shuffle players through a 4 year degree, but there's worse things in life.
If this is the goal, there's no reason they can't walk into any bank and try to secure a personal loan. If they're able to show future value, and return on the bank's investment, there's nothing stopping them now.
There absolutely is. Denard cannot walk into Comerica and get a loan based on his future NFL value. He would lose his eligibility.
That's the "point" of the loan, yes. Pocket money. If Pryor wants to be a fuckhead and buy a Corvette with his loan money, he better damn well have a plan to pay it back. I just think something like this would help mold athletes into more responsible adults. Sure, it wouldn't fix stupid, but it would ideally make money off of it.