Does anyone know the reasons the players association is against this?
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Does anyone know the reasons the players association is against this?
Once again the NCAA finds a way to screw things up. I dont see NCAA hanging around for long: football is huge joke, and if they don't fix basketball it will soon become the same.
I am sure Im not the only one who kinda felt cheated seeing a team full of NBA players-not really college students, win the tournament with ease.... Rules need to change.
I get your frustration, but your blame in this case is misplaced. It's not an NCAA rule that caused what you saw last night. One and done is an NBA rule.
Since it's an NBA rule, it probably doesn't "solve" anything as far as separation between spirit of collegiate amateurism and "only goal is professional basketball."
(I'm not even sure that was "the goal" anyway. I don't claim to be an expert on the evolution of this).
A lot of different issues connected to the entire subject, such as (1) recruiting effects; (2) actual validity of players' potential at next level; (3) scholastic integrity; (4) Other.
Related article by Doyel on CBS.com — although I agree with some points he makes, this doesn't necessarily reflect all of my opinions on the subject.
One-and-done? Wish that were the case with tiresome anti-Cal argument - NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - CBSSports.com News, Scores, Stats, Schedule and RPI Rankings
No it is their fault. They shove these "we are more than just dumb jock" commercials down your throat, but then right after that show an Anthony Davis interview (lol irony anybody). Kentucky made NCAA look like fools, one good thing about them winning.
Do you think the one and done rule has hurt or helped basketball? Players like A.Davis, H.Barnes, P. Jones III, MKG, etc would have probably would have went to the NBA straight out of HS. It is nice to see these players in the college game, but do you think that now that these kids are available teams might try and circumvent the rules in an attempt to land them. Also, paying for these scholarships for these kids to play ball for one year, isn't what higher education is for. Would it make more sense for the kids to stay two years or eliminate the rule or keep it the same?
How does requiring 2 years change anything? All it does is put this year's Kentucky team in the finals next year :twitcy:
This is a little off topic, but does anyone understand how one and done players impact the rule that is biting UConn in the rear next year about progress towards graduation? Obviously they are not progressing towards graduation if they leave but they are also no longer on your roster.
This is a little off topic, but does anyone understand how one and done players impact the rule that is biting UConn in the rear next year about progress towards graduation? Obviously they are not progressing towards graduation if they leave but they are also no longer on your roster.
The idea is that Kentucky wouldn't have the scholarships available every single year to give out to the best high schoolers every year.
I think you could argue that this year is kind of a snapshot of what it could look like, since many players (Jones, Lamb, etc) didn't leave last year when they could have due to the NBA lock-out.
If a player leaves school in good academic standing, it does not hurt your APR at all. As Calipari will tell anyone who listens, Kentucky has one of the higher APR's in the country.
Correct. As I understand it, the NBA players generally don't really like the less mature players coming out of high school, but they know that most will still go to college for at least a year or two. Thus, the players don't want to put a formal policy in place, as the current arrangement generates better publicity for them in certain circles.
There's really not much the NCAA can do about it. About all they could do is start penalizing schools via APR for players that leave for the NBA after their freshman or sophomore years, which would force coaches to recruit less talented players. It would be quite interesting to see none of the McDonalds All-Americans getting a college scholarship offer. I can only imagine the firestorm that would create...