This Darius Bazley thing is gonna change it all drastically

[soonertravis]

I wonder if the Alliance of American Football could have the same impact on college football players. The G league follows the same rules as the NBA since it is affiliated as a minor league. I wonder if the AAF could force major changes to eligibility in the NFL by offering guys $1M to play football for a year before they are eligible for the NFL draft.

Imagine Lawrence at the end of next season saying he was going to take $1M to play for the AAF instead of coming back to Clemson.

I see major changes coming for college sports.

 

[StatGeek]

Are you kidding? Dozens, maybe hundreds, of kids went directly from high school to the NBA before the one-and-done rule was implemented by the NBA. Do you really think that rule isn't the sole reason that the top two or three kids in each high school class now go to college? That rule took away (unfairly) their only other viable option. The NBA is far more lucrative than college (all jokes aside about how much certain schools pay players), and the coaching, training, facilities, etc. in the NBA far exceed anything college can provide.

Where did I state playing high level college basketball for one season was more lucrative than being a 1st round draft pick?

Of course the rule is why the elite players go to college 90% of the time, but what you are missing is that there is no rule stating you must go to college, players choose that option for the reasons I outlined.

The fairness (or lack thereof) of the NBA employment policy has nothing to do with college basketball and no player has a right to play in the NBA. Players have a multitude of options as to the path they wish to travel in hopes of reaching the Association, but players choose college 99% of the time because it’s the best deal. Is this truly that difficult to understand?

Coaching and training at top level programs are the best you can receive in this country outside of the NBA and a total of 45 players (32 1st Round)have been drafted straight from high school in the entire history of the NBA (not 100s). The NBA implemented the rule because they were having trouble properly evaluating players (Kwame Brown)at the high school level, again nothing to do with college.

FYI there have been 21 players drafted by the NBA who spent at least 1 year doing something other than playing college basketball after leaving high school, my favorite is Jeremy Tyler, who chose to skip his senior year of high school (yes, he dropped out of high school to turn pro) and play professional basketball in Israel. 3 years later he was drafted by an NBA team in the 2nd round and was up and down from the minors playing in a total of 80 NBA games before being cut. Jeremy Tyler is proof you can choose whatever path you want, nobody is making these prospects do anything. College is merely the next most lucrative option to the NBA for 99% of American prospects.

 

[StatGeek]

I wonder if the Alliance of American Football could have the same impact on college football players. The G league follows the same rules as the NBA since it is affiliated as a minor league. I wonder if the AAF could force major changes to eligibility in the NFL by offering guys $1M to play football for a year before they are eligible for the NFL draft.

Imagine Lawrence at the end of next season saying he was going to take $1M to play for the AAF instead of coming back to Clemson.

I see major changes coming for college sports.

If it could get established college stars like that to play in the league, it would definitely cause a disruption, but IMO it’s not economically viable and there arent enough college stars with 2yrs remaining before they are NFL eligible for it to realistically become an issue. Just my opinion.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Where did I state playing high level college basketball for one season was more lucrative than being a 1st round draft pick? QUOTE]

You specifically said this: Players choose to go to college because it’s the most lucrative/convenient option for them not because anyone is forcing them or because their “right” to play in the NBA is being infringed upon.

If you had said the "next most lucrative option," I would have agreed with you. I fully understand that the one-done-done rule doesn't actually force them to go to school for a year, but I absolutely think that it is an unfair rule that penalizes kids. If the NBA was having trouble evaluating players, the solution should have been to figure out a way to do their job better, not to screw the kids over by passing a rule keeping them out of the NBA for a season.

 

[sperry]

It's a flatout joke that these kids can't go pro out of high school. And yes, it only affects a small handful of kids, but for a guy like Zion he's losing millions of dollars by having to spend a year at Duke.

Let the 20 or so kids who would declare every year just go, and let everyone else self-select into college.

 

[Darwin]

Why worry about the NBA rules because its not for the vast majority of NCAA players. Worry about NCAA rules and what is good for D1. Pass rules that make 1 and done players choose another path if they are not committed to 2 years. No one is forcing them to take a D1 scholarship. Yes these rules will have lots of legalese but don't they already have a stacks of rules like that.

 

[Eielson]

This isn't a wise decision for most 1 and done prospects, and I'm not worried about it catching on. Where is he going to get valuable playing experience? College classes are a joke, but he'd be a better player with a year of experience at Syracuse.

I don't agree with forcing these kids to play a year in the NCAAs, as we've seen so many people make the successful jump (Lebron, Kobe, KG, etc.), but this isn't hurting the game. It's been a lot of fun to watch guys like Towns, Okafor, Davis, Zion, etc. For those of you asking for an MLB system -- raise your hand if you actually watch college baseball.

 

[Soonerinkc]

Ah yes, Korleone Young! Worlds of talent but didn't have the mental makeup to succeed. Had a cup of coffee with the Pistons but that was it. Ironically, a kid from my school who was the same age as Young ended up playing in the NBA for a decade. Mo Evans was his name, played two years at WSU then went to Texas for a season. He was a big time recruit, too, but Young was the guy everyone had such high hopes for.

ah yes...

I remember Mo at ut. Sounds like you "teach"? in Wichita? I went to KMC, years ago. I was a yr behind Greg Dreiling, my parents were good friends of his parents, my sister played with his sister at KMC.

 

[WichitaSooner]

ah yes...

I remember Mo at ut. Sounds like you "teach"? in Wichita? I went to KMC, years ago. I was a yr behind Greg Dreiling, my parents were good friends of his parents, my sister played with his sister at KMC.

No teaching for me lol, when I say my high school, I meant the one I attended ... just a mile northeast of KMC as a matter of fact! I graduated three years before Maurice so I followed his career closely. I was a bit young to remember Dreiling in high school, but remember him in college. The rare guy to play for WSU ans KU!

 

[StatGeek]

Where did I state playing high level college basketball for one season was more lucrative than being a 1st round draft pick? QUOTE]

You specifically said this: Players choose to go to college because it’s the most lucrative/convenient option for them not because anyone is forcing them or because their “right” to play in the NBA is being infringed upon.

If you had said the "next most lucrative option," I would have agreed with you. I fully understand that the one-done-done rule doesn't actually force them to go to school for a year, but I absolutely think that it is an unfair rule that penalizes kids. If the NBA was having trouble evaluating players, the solution should have been to figure out a way to do their job better, not to screw the kids over by passing a rule keeping them out of the NBA for a season.

For it to be the “next lucrative option” the NBA would need to be a option, it isn’t. Get it?