A Reasonable Proposal for College Sports

A good article from Gene Wojciechowski as ESPN.com that points at the elephant in the room: college sports are basically minor league training for the pros.

"The NBA isn't kidding when it says its league is where Amazing Happens. Amazing because the NBA forces the very best high school players to wait until they're 19 (or one year removed from their high school graduation) before they can declare for the NBA draft.

That's the only reason why Love spent a season at Westwood, Mayo at L.A., Beasley at Manhattan, Rose at Memphis, Gordon at Bloomington. What a deal. The NBA gets a free minor league system, and the college programs rent a star player for nothing more than the price of room, tuition and books."

Sounds a bit like what some other guy said about this issue...Milton something-or-other....

Anyway, Gene's solution is different than what Prof. Friedman's would have been, but very reasonable and actionable nonetheless.