How College Football player can get paid NOW!

 
 
 

      With the news that the new BCS Championship generated a $50 million contract and a bowl game can generate anywhere from $27 million. Also the other five FBS-level leagues will split $75 million. That's more than five times greater than their combined payday in 2013. With college coaches contracts also at an all-time high, money is flowing into the Billion dollar college football industry to everyone except the guys generating all the revenue, THE PLAYERS. As long as the players keep playing and waiting for the powers that be to devise a concept of which they can be played, the will not get paid.  If the players know it or not the power is in their hands if they want to get paid now for the money they are generating.  The 2014 college football season is scheduled to start Thursday, August 28th with a big ESPN/SEC network kickoff game of Texas A&M vs USC. All the division 1 college football players should come together and agree to protest being exploited and not play opening week August 28th until an agreement is made where they are paid for the revenue they are generating.  In a multi-billion dollar industry a college scholarship isn't enough.  Especially when you are risking your health thru possible injury, future health problems, and brain damage thru concussions.  The time to get paid in now. As long as the players keep waiting on Presidents and commissioners to think of a way and an  amount to pay them, they will continue to procrastinate. Its time for them to take charge of their own fate and agree to not play another game until they are compensated.  With the money that would be lost thru the TV revenue by not playing, my guess is ti would take a week or two at the most for them to come up with some type of compensation for the "student-athletes" to get them back on the field ASAP.  Throughout history protest, marches, and boycotts have been a driving force to generate change with issues far greater than this.  But with the amount of money that is involved this will get the ball rolling on an issue that has been discussed long enough with no action having taken place. 

Hornets Draft 2014

 
     
         It's that time again.  Time for my annual (former Bobcats now Hornets) entry on who the Hornets should draft in this years NBA Draft.  Let me preface this as I always do by saying I am not a Hornets fan, but I am a basketball fan who lives in the Charlotte area and I would love to see the product improve so I can attend some games not solely to see the stars on the opposing teams.  Last year I said they should've drafted Ben  McLemore, the shooting guard out of Kansas, because they needed a SG with range to spread the floor. {I still stick by that even thou he only averaged 9 ppg and shot 38% from the field and 32% from the 3 point line.  I blame most of this on being drafted to a dysfunctional Sacramento Kings organization and being a rookie.  Give him a couple years and he'll figure it out, trust me}. After not following my advise what do the Hornets need again in this years upcoming draft? A shooting guard with range to help spread the floor to give Kimba room to drive and Al Jefferson room in the post. The best two candidates to fill that void in this years draft in my opinion are Zach LaVine, and PJ Hairston. Most of the experts have Gary Harris the guard out of Michigan St. ranked higher but these two are better prospects to me.  Zach LaVine is a super athletic guard out of UCLA with deep range, a good handle, and enough athleticism to defend the position.  His numbers from UCLA in his only season there doesn't reflect how good this kid will be. His only issue is his slight frame which he will obviously fill out once he becomes a professional.  If he isn't available at 9 when the Hornets pick then they should go with PJ Hairston.  Hairston is a big guard who also have unlimited range, is athletic and is a physical defender as he proved by defending the 4 position at UNC.  His issue is that he proved to be a knucklehead with off the court issues at UNC that prevented him from (imo) playing what would have been a breakout Jr season at UNC.  A season that would have definitely propelled him into the lottery. As long as he can prove he has matured from the off the court issues he to will be a star in this league in due time.  Hopefully the Hornets will take my advise this year and address a need and take one of these 2 guys, and realize there is a lot of validity to what I'm suggesting and add me on the scout team to put all this knowledge to use with some professional assistance and tools.