White man plots to disrupt NCAA with HBCU Pay-for-Play Basketball League

[Armchair Militant]

Step 1: Form an HBCU-exclusive basketball league.


Step 2: Tell the NCAA to pound sand, and pay the nation's very best high school and college basketball players to be part of it.

Step 3: Profit. Oh, and also change the face of big-time campus athletics forever.

"One of the ways to bust up a monopoly is through disruption," Schwarz says. "That's the idea here."

The way Schwarz and his HBCU league co-founders—Ohio–based sports and entertainment attorney Richard Volante and Washington, D.C.–based author and historian Bijan Bayne—see it, the NCAA is a bit like a traditional taxi company, while their concept is akin to Uber or Lyft. The league would consist of at least 16 members drawn from the four current NCAA Division I and II HBCU conferences, institutions such as Howard University and Florida A&M; its athletes would be full-time students.

They also would be paid to play basketball, between $50,000 and $100,000 a year. Moreover, they would be allowed to endorse products, sell autographs, sign with agents, accept gifts from boosters, declare for the NBA draft, and even be drafted by NBA teams without losing their eligibility.

 

[Doobie Doo]

I'm probably going to change my thoughts once I really think about this but it benefits HBCU's the state neglects and black athletes

But the way it's drawn up is not about empowering us but exploiting us as pawns.

But if it can get brothers paid I can't be that against it.

But there is more to it I guess

 

[PortCityProphet]

Ain't mad at it. Hope they go through with it. That's a lot of start up money tho, if they can get a TV contract then it makes it easier. Better call Netflix, amazon and Google up

 

[Big Boss]

 

[010101]

i think the nba will let 18 year olds back in
and g-league money is going up

this is cool doe more options are welcome
let's see

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[Made Myself A Boss]

They need to get a some NBA connected like a Bron and Rich to promote/endorse and possibly fund what they are doing....could be worth billions in the future...

50-100k seems like a bit much imo. But what do I know

I love the fact that black people are taking chances and putting this together..why wait for the NCAA to decide when they are going start playing athletes....its about time black people to make an Uber and not just drive the car.

 

[THE MACHINE]

I am all for this

Spoiler

THE MACHINE reserves the right to switch his position once full details emerge without being labeled a c00n, sellout, fool, or being negged.

 

[Bonk]

It looks like a great plan/idea.

The execution and being able to evade/wade-off vested interests that would try to sabotage would be interesting to watch.

 

[Paper Boi]

nba will collude with the ncaa to fukk this somehow.

 

[RammerJammer]

The more options, the better imo.

Imagine these options for a 18 year old basketball player

NCAA
HBCUs
Overseas
G-League
NBA if you're good enough

 

[LurkMoar]

All they need is a good number of 5 star recruits to join in and they can get started.

 

[Darealtwo1]

These top recruits ain't turning down pawgs for howard u bruh....just stop

 

[THE MACHINE]

All they need is a good number of 5 star recruits to join in and they can get started.

This is a big ask but this is how it must begin. Hopefully they flip from a major university too.

_________ has just decommitted from Kentucky to sign with the Howard Bison

 

[FaTaL]

nba will collude with the ncaa to fukk this somehow.

As long as the NCAA doesn't pay its athletes they can't do anything

 

[PortCityProphet]

I will say this and this being a possible problem, the NCAA will not play these schools so you'll basically have 16 schools playing eachother. Maybe european teams could come over to play too. but only 16 teams means lack of a schedule and lack of revenue.