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Notre Dame's president and athletic director believe the NFL should establish a minor league and the NBA should repeal its rule that prevents athletes from being draft eligible immediately after graduating from high school.
John Jenkins and Jack Swarbrick said in a New York Times op-ed published Thursday that college athletics were in "crisis" and that reforms should be done to help preserve them. Their column's two most important ideas were a feeder league for the NFL and the repeal of the NBA's one-and-done rule.
Because the NFL does not pick players until they are three years out of high school, college football has become the de facto development system for the league. According to the administration, "college athletics is a treasured national institution," and a minor league for the NFL would help protect it.
From the Times:
The NFL has demonstrated little public appetite to amend its draft eligibility criteria anytime soon. Teenagers cannot make the jump directly to the NFL, and establishing a minor league would be a substantial time and financial investment for the league when college football has served as a feeder system for decades.
In contrast, the NBA might do away with its one-and-done rule. The regulation requiring a minimum draft age of 19 was adopted in the 2000s, after superstars such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and others moved directly from high school to the league. The current collective bargaining agreement between the league's teams and players ends after the 2023-24 season, and a new deal might include a regulation change.
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The declaration that college sports are in crisis comes a day after Notre Dame made the choice to hire Penn State basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry on a seven-year deal reportedly worth over $4 million per season.
The claim also comes as fan interest hasn’t waned in college sports after state legislatures forced the NCAA to loosen its outdated amateurism rules. The NCAA long prohibited players from making money off their image rights but was forced to roll back those rules as states like Florida and California moved to allow college athletes to make money off their likenesses.
The rules haven’t affected the on-field product and, in some cases, have made staying in college instead of going pro a more attractive alternative for athletes because of the earning opportunities college athletics now provide.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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