<p>NCAA football and basketball are already de facto minor leagues anyways. They’re too competitive for any athletes (with a few exceptions) to be able to hold a good GPA in a decent major at the same time. Athlete graduation rates are pretty much meaningless, every school with a good sports program creates joke majors for athletes like sports management, general studies, leisure studies, etc…</p>
<p>IMO the idea that college athletes (mostly talking basketball/football) are “amateurs” is complete ********. The only purpose is so the schools don’t have to dole out the money to any of the players. Instead the $$ goes to the schools and the conferences, so coaches and administrators can take home multi-million dollar salaries.</p>