Well, I bet if he knew he could get paid to play in college, he would still be playing for Rhode Island today. Monotony - I would no longer be rehashing this topic in a column at least twice every year. That's gotta be worth something. For obvious reasons, this will become a thing of the past. Sure, there are purists who think that it wouldn't be fair to pay only the basketball players at each school.
Regional blackouts are in effect.
Besides, anybody who thinks there isn't already a class system in universities is wearing blinders. Take a walk through any campus and its easy to seperate the kids who are barely supporting themselves with part-time jobs from the ones who are just there spending Daddy's money. The good news is that I'm no longer the only one bitching about this. Since the news of the contract became public, I've actually seen this suggestion mentioned on TV a couple of times by people with a whole lot more credibility than me. You can be sure the NCAA is going to kick and scream before they allow this to happen, but sooner or later it will.