Ratcheting up NBA Rookie Salaries May Incentivize Athletes to Finish College (IMAGE)

University of Vermont

Ratcheting up NBA Rookie Salaries May Incentivize Athletes to Finish College

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Unlike the NBA's current rookie salary scale that awards the highest salary to the player picked first in the draft and dwindles down with each successive player picked, two sports-enthused business school faculty at the University of Vermont propose a new salary structure designed to see more athletes graduate by considering both draft pick and class year.

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