I posit that nothing would change with a hard cap, because the Billy Knight's, Chris Grant's (recently fired, but he was around long enough to do considerable damage) Ernie Grunfield's of the world, et al, will still be gainfully employed. In the event they are fired, someone else will rehire them. It's like in politics how most of the same people heading up the financial market in the U.S. today, were the same people heading it up when the sub-prime loan fiasco transpired. It's just a revolving door. It isn’t apparent yet that most of these people have no fukking idea what they are doing? And as far as I know, there is no convention on Earth that can entirely protect or insulate a person from their own idiocy. Moreover, all this new-fangled and contemporary talk about “competitive balance,” and things of that sort is feigned doublespeak in lieu of the real motivation: money.
This is a more philosophical point and personal sentiment, but I don't ever think cultivating a more exploitative system than the preceding one is the answer -- especially within the realm of sports -- which is supposedly just entertainment. The idea that people think that this or that player should have to stay in school for X number of years for free, because they might get more enjoyment out of the NBA; or that players should make less or not even have guaranteed contracts because it might make the Bucks better -- is incredibly perverse to me. This is the kind of stuff that Bill Rhoden talked about in $40 Million Dollar Slaves. Moreover, this magical NFL system that people seemingly love so much and are hoping that the NBA can progress towards eventually, is built on probably the most blatant and exploitative system besides the NCAA in sports. Yet, I'm supposed to hope that more young black men become entrapped in that system or one similar, so that I can sit at home and watch Sportscenter on my Vizio and say, "Damn, the Bucks are the 3re seed in the east!" Man, fukk that, seriously.
This is a more philosophical point and personal sentiment, but I don't ever think cultivating a more exploitative system than the preceding one is the answer -- especially within the realm of sports -- which is supposedly just entertainment. The idea that people think that this or that player should have to stay in school for X number of years for free, because they might get more enjoyment out of the NBA; or that players should make less or not even have guaranteed contracts because it might make the Bucks better -- is incredibly perverse to me. This is the kind of stuff that Bill Rhoden talked about in $40 Million Dollar Slaves. Moreover, this magical NFL system that people seemingly love so much and are hoping that the NBA can progress towards eventually, is built on probably the most blatant and exploitative system besides the NCAA in sports. Yet, I'm supposed to hope that more young black men become entrapped in that system or one similar, so that I can sit at home and watch Sportscenter on my Vizio and say, "Damn, the Bucks are the 3re seed in the east!" Man, fukk that, seriously.
...that goes for both ownership and players.
can someone help me grasp the concept of people wanting people to be 3 years removed from HS til they can enter the league 
