It would be nice for NFL teams to be able to draft/purchase rights of

players while they are still in school. They could pay the player to stay in school and develop his talent. Then, bring him to the League when ready. Not sure how it would be done. I'm sure it would be complicated. But just a thought.

Football is such a unique game due to injuries, the small amount of games, and the money it brings into the school. It really needs to be treated separately than the other sports.

In response to this post by EDGEMAN

Posted: 06/22/2021 at 11:37AM

If you pay football players how do fund other sports? -- Stech 06/21/2021 6:20PM

And therein lies the problem. I've been saying it for years -- HokieToph 07/01/2021 3:04PM

Is it not true that players will not actually be given paychecks? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 06/26/2021 3:06PM

You drop all scholarships across the board. Including football -- HOO86 06/22/2021 1:17PM

Unless the pay was enough to pay for tuition etc, you'd lose a ton of top -- HokieToph 07/01/2021 3:03PM

And ....each has to pay in state or out of state tuition given residency ** -- elkridgehokie 06/26/2021 11:06PM

Yes. Scholarships follow those rules, the pay will too. -- HOO86 06/27/2021 12:37AM

Agree agree ** -- MrFantastic! 06/22/2021 6:23PM

If you do it that way, is what they get paid taxed? ** -- Stech 06/21/2021 10:37PM

Yes, but would guess many would not make enough to pay significant tax ** -- elkridgehokie 06/26/2021 11:07PM

Certainly. Professional athletes pay taxes. -- HOO86 06/21/2021 10:44PM

Yeah, but if you make them pay their tuition, they won't be paying taxes -- reestuart 06/23/2021 09:31AM

Man the unintended consequences on this one are going to be interesting. ** -- Stech 06/22/2021 05:55AM

The non-revenue scholarship athletes are the ones who will... -- EDGEMAN 06/22/2021 06:21AM

Them and how do you fund the sports now are my concerns. The baseball model -- Stech 06/22/2021 06:57AM

SEC will survive -- MrFantastic! 06/22/2021 6:24PM

Conferences will survive, but how many other sports will be cut? -- Stech 06/22/2021 6:37PM

Maybe conferences will become sport-specific in the future. -- Maroon Baboon 06/23/2021 1:34PM

If that ends up being the case, then what would that mean for the -- VTHokie2000 06/26/2021 3:15PM

Not sure. And I'm not predicting it. But to take a stab at your question: -- Maroon Baboon 06/26/2021 4:32PM

If the SEC on sponsored 4 sports, then it would be interesting to see -- VTHokie2000 06/26/2021 5:53PM

I would assume that many sports would be viewed as not being worth putting -- Maroon Baboon 06/26/2021 6:31PM

Yes, I doubt there is a large audience clamoring for T & F events, etc. ** -- Atlee Hokie 06/28/2021 06:28AM

FWIW I believe the Pac-12 and SEC have pretty good turnouts for a -- VTHokie2000 06/28/2021 08:19AM

I've thought all along that all pro sports needs "feeder leagues" -- EDGEMAN 06/22/2021 08:57AM

It would be nice for NFL teams to be able to draft/purchase rights of -- Maroon Baboon 06/22/2021 11:37AM

I've thought all along that pro sports needs "feeder leagues" ** -- EDGEMAN 06/22/2021 08:55AM

Perhaps this is a needed correction -- Colonel Jessup 06/21/2021 7:26PM

With Title 9 they will even out the football being all men, but other men’s -- Stech 06/21/2021 7:55PM

It would be nice for NFL teams to be able to draft/purchase rights of

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