diamond, I agree, revenue generating sports have perverted the entire college world. not certain there is a fix possible though, given the $$$ involved. It also points to larger problems in US athletics in general. in an ideal world:
-all pro sports teams would be subject to relegation, as most of their overseas counterparts are (ie finish in bottom X teams of league, for Y years, you get relegated to next level lower down). but given amount paid for franchises, owners would never agree to this.
-every professional sport would have robust minor leagues for development of players. MLB and NHL already do so, and NBA is moving that way. there still exist a lot of excitement for these college sports as well, just not the tidal wave of TV money. I fully expect MBB $ to decrease, might be slow, but it will happen, with a viable NBA minor league. people will tune in to watch the next big thing. NCAA MBB tourney will still generate a good deal of $ however, due to the excitement involved (DAvids vs Goliaths).
-each sport could only offer the same % of full schollies vs roster across the board. cannot have 60 out of 80 full ride football players and the equivalent of 8 full rides on 20(?) man (woman) SB or BB team.
-no special facilities/programs, other than physical therapy and training, for athletes only. no athlete only dorms, dining halls, gyms, etc.
football is actually going to destroy the rest of college athletics. P5 schools are going to break away, alllow payments to athletes. then, other than football fans, interest will plummet in the other sports for the P5 and those that remain in NCAA.
the issue is not how to fairly distribute the money, the issue is that the primary purpose of college sports (and by corollary college itself) should not be to generate revenue and/or to train athletes for a professional athletic career.
maybe the answer is to have $0.90 of every $1 generated by athletics distributed to general scholarship fund of schools involved, and all shoe/apparel deals must be with Univ, not coaches, and all of that $ goes to first equip all the sports equally on a per athlete basis, then any leftover to general scholarship fund. but this would mean the end of multimillion $ coaches, ADs, and NCAA officials, and that all that all those groups really care about.
-all pro sports teams would be subject to relegation, as most of their overseas counterparts are (ie finish in bottom X teams of league, for Y years, you get relegated to next level lower down). but given amount paid for franchises, owners would never agree to this.
-every professional sport would have robust minor leagues for development of players. MLB and NHL already do so, and NBA is moving that way. there still exist a lot of excitement for these college sports as well, just not the tidal wave of TV money. I fully expect MBB $ to decrease, might be slow, but it will happen, with a viable NBA minor league. people will tune in to watch the next big thing. NCAA MBB tourney will still generate a good deal of $ however, due to the excitement involved (DAvids vs Goliaths).
-each sport could only offer the same % of full schollies vs roster across the board. cannot have 60 out of 80 full ride football players and the equivalent of 8 full rides on 20(?) man (woman) SB or BB team.
-no special facilities/programs, other than physical therapy and training, for athletes only. no athlete only dorms, dining halls, gyms, etc.
football is actually going to destroy the rest of college athletics. P5 schools are going to break away, alllow payments to athletes. then, other than football fans, interest will plummet in the other sports for the P5 and those that remain in NCAA.
the issue is not how to fairly distribute the money, the issue is that the primary purpose of college sports (and by corollary college itself) should not be to generate revenue and/or to train athletes for a professional athletic career.
maybe the answer is to have $0.90 of every $1 generated by athletics distributed to general scholarship fund of schools involved, and all shoe/apparel deals must be with Univ, not coaches, and all of that $ goes to first equip all the sports equally on a per athlete basis, then any leftover to general scholarship fund. but this would mean the end of multimillion $ coaches, ADs, and NCAA officials, and that all that all those groups really care about.