The NCAA needs to be disbanded and the sooner the better.

College athletics no longer has the need for a greedy organization that does not have schools' or athletes' best interests in mind. It's an organization that has some very dumb rules and regulations.

There is no longer the need for an organization that reprimands coaches like Rick Majerus, who was punished for buying a player's breakfast at 3 a.m. in 1994 the night the player's father died.

There is no longer the need for an organization that suspends basketball players for playing basketball. North Carolina guard Raymond Felton was suspended for a game this year for playing in a non-certified summer league game.

The NCAA needs to be replaced and amateurism in college sports needs to be rethought. First, all scholarship college athletes aren't amateurs.

They get paid to play right now. Their scholarship is their payment.

Replace the NCAA with something better. Privatize college sports.

College sports should be run like a professional league because they make just as much money as some pro leagues.

Pro leagues have one thing over college, and that's treatment of athletes. So whatever replaces the NCAA needs to have some new rules:

1. Athletes deserve a cut of retail sales of jerseys. There's a reason OU No. 18 football jerseys sold so well the last two years. That's because Jason White wears No. 18.

The fact that his name wasn't on the back of the jersey didn't mean it wasn't a Jason White jersey. It was.

The NCAA is kidding itself if it thinks taking the name off the back means it's free from hypocrisy. No, the NCAA is hypocritical, and the athletes deserve a cut.

No. 28 jerseys are going to be big sellers for the next two years at OU and freshman running back Adrian Peterson should make some money off that.

In fact, all of his teammates should, too. Put the name on the back of the jersey. Retailers will probably sell more that way.

Then, take a percentage of the sales and divide it among Peterson and his teammates after they leave college. They don't get the money while they are playing, but they get it the day they leave campus. And the percentage will remain the same for every university.

We're not going to have OU and Texas in a recruiting battle that comes down to OU getting an athlete because it offers an extra percentage on jersey sales.

2. Athletes can leave if their coach does. Coaches can leave without a penalty, so why can't athletes? If an athlete commits to a program and the head coach that recruited him leaves, the athlete can transfer without having to sit out a year, unless he transfers to a school in the same conference. Then he must sit out a year.

3. Coaches can not only watch their athletes practice in the summer, but they can also conduct practice. The off-limits rule the NCAA has during the summer between coaches and players is ridiculous. College basketball, football and every other sport would be a better product.

If athletes are going to devote themselves to their sports and earn their free educations, they should be allowed to make themselves and the team better during the summer. Incoming freshman can participate, too.

4. Eligibility for national championships is tied to graduation rates. Any team with a graduation rate below 75 percent can't go to a bowl game or national tournament. However, how graduation rates are calculated will change.

Players who leave college early to play professionally do not count against graduation rates anymore. Also, junior college players that come to a four-year college and graduate do count. However, if they fail to graduate, they count against the rate.

5. The parents or guardians of student-athletes will have their trips to bowl games and national tournaments paid for. The NCAA makes enough money that it could easily do it, especially now that it no longer sends teams far from home for NCAA tournaments. Making a bowl game or national tournament is special for student-athletes. Their parents should be able to share in the moment.

These rules are just a start to what should be the replacement for the NCAA. And no matter what, the organization that replaces the NCAA can't be any worse.
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