Originally Posted by Golfman25:
I think people are missing the bigger picture. That is the NFL and NBA being in cahoots with the NCAA. If a kid has the talent and wants to play in the NFL or NBA coming out of HS, they can't. Then next best place for them is a year or two at a "big time" college program. The professional ranks use it as their minor league system. Baseball at least has its own system which competes for talent.
My earlier post was basically one owner's opinion of how the NBA should maybe look at transforming the D league into the NBA minor leagues, of sorts. Football, on the other hand, is a tougher beast simply because the average NFL player shelf life is 3 years. They look at the NCAA as their minor leagues.