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The time has come to change the business model. There is no reason to continue to pretend that these are students who care about getting an education. The SEC and Big whatever need to break away and create a semi pro league that uses the NFL model while still maintaining a link to the schools in name only. Let the athletes be employees of the league, institute a players union and owners union (or AD union, if you prefer) and institute a salary cap. Athletes no longer have to go to class, and thus need no scholarships. Let the players sign contracts like the NFL, so that if Alabama wants to keep, for example, Ryan Williams, they sign him to a 3 year contract worth 1 million a year (or whatever market value is). If Bama cannot pay him, he become a free agent. That's the only way to correct this.

[QUOTE="Crtuneman, post: 1579030, member: 21418"] The time has come to change the business model. There is no reason to continue to pretend that these are students who care about getting an education. The SEC and Big whatever need to break away and create a semi pro league that uses the NFL model while still maintaining a link to the schools in name only. Let the athletes be employees of the league, institute a players union and owners union (or AD union, if you prefer) and institute a salary cap. Athletes no longer have to go to class, and thus need no scholarships. Let the players sign contracts like the NFL, so that if Alabama wants to keep, for example, Ryan Williams, they sign him to a 3 year contract worth 1 million a year (or whatever market value is). If Bama cannot pay him, he become a free agent. That's the only way to correct this. [/QUOTE]

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