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DwayneElizondoMountainDewHerbertCamacho writes:

in response to 1vavolfan:

Dooley is right. The kids will have no incentive to do well and follow rules if they are guaranteed a free ride for four years. He will be at a recruiting disadvantage going this route though if everyone else if offering a free four year ride. These are like guaranteed contracts to NFL or NBA rookies that can destroy franchises. Sometimes these kids get big paydays and then check out after they get the money. That is why the NBA has capped rookie salaries to make players actually earn the right to get the big payday.

See...this is the problem with using the term "contract" to describe a scholarship. It IS a contract, but it is not a contract like the NFL gives it's players.

First of all, there is no negotiating a college scholarship. The kid either takes the deal or does not. That is a significant difference between an NFL contract and a college scholarship. The university will be able to include, without any opposition by the player, terms and conditions that will allow it to terminate the scholarship for things like: failure to maintain a certain GPA, failure to follow team rules, etc. What a four year scholarship won't allow is for a coach to terminate a scholarship for the sole reason of offering that scholarship to another player.

As long as four year scholarships are mandated across the board in the SEC, then I don't see UT being at a significant disadvantage when compared to other teams.

One final note: it's naive to think that the NBA has capped rookie salaries in order to make the rookies "earn" a big payday. The NBA has capped rookie salaries because owners don't like negotiating high salaries with new players.

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