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OT - One and Done is for Losers
An argument against Coaches/Schools signing "the stud" out of HS for a year if they want to win it all......
'One and Done' Is for Losers -- NCAABB FanHouse
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Even the low level pro ball championship games don't offer the same prestige and draft raising possibilities of a good Sweet Sixteen game.
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If the NCAA wanted the problem solved, they could do it with academic standards. The fact is, they don't, because this rule gives them two things: 1. A chance to let their fans watch the John Walls and Carmello Anthony's of the world for one year. 2. The ability to blame the NBA for their own failure to address what many consider a problem. Personally, I don't really consider it a problem. College coaches will shy away from these guys for the same reason they are careful with Juco players. Their short tenure makes them a quick fix to what in many cases is a long term problem. Players were doing "one and done" before the rule, too. Carmello Anthony and Ricky Davis (Iowa) are just two examples. Neither of those players ever intended to stay past their freshman season, the way I recall.
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![]() Hell, Calipari buys a coupla of these guys every year. He always makes sure that he's at a school that can afford to make them the top offer too. SAT's included. They go to classes for 4 weeks or so in the fall to get eligible, and then bag 'em until they leave in March. And the classes that they go to are all in the same general mode as Music Appreciation. That's where they listen to rap music for an hour a day and then say "Hey, I appreciated that". I have no idea why they don't just pay these kids instead of perpetuating the sham. |
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The notion of a "scholarship athlete" in the big-revenue sports has become a farce.
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If a requirement is going to be any good, there has to be some way of enforcing it or it's not really a requirement. I don't think you can hold coaches responsible for this, because it's ultimately the student's choice of whether to stay in school. Frankly, I don't see it as much of a problem to be honest. Each year you're going to have what, half a dozen players do this? So? Who cares? The school/coach gets what they want, and the player gets his prime time TV time along with glowing words from Dukie Vitale to help his NBA stock. The school may not be paying him, but some NBA team will gladly reward him for that year. If he wants paid, he can get paid in Bismarck or Athens. The NBA scouts will find him.
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Right now scholarships are one year deals and get renewed each summer. If the NCAA required the member institutions to awarded two-year or even four-year scholarships which couldn't be transferred to another individual, then there would be a consequence to the school if the player left early. That team would then be down one scholarship player the next year (or for the next three years ![]() |
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Consider the impact of what I just proposed on Kentucky for next year.
They would have to compete with about five fewer scholarships than the rest of the teams. This would greatly decrease the likelihood of this team repeating the success of the prior year. That would increase parity. Overall, I think that this would be good. |
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I still really don't see it as a big problem.
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The current state of collegiate recruiting is a mess.
Coaches will always go for the blue-chip recruits. Part of a coach/program's resume is how many players have moved on to the NBA. In most cases, the teams that lose the 1 and done players take a few years to recover. You look at programs like UCLA & North Carolina reeling last year as a result of recent attrition to the NBA. The one exception I can think of is Calipari, who always seems to land the big recruits year and year out. But he does so at the expense of questionable ethics and morals. His past 2 collegiate stops have been put on probation by the NCAA for illegal activities during his tenure. Calipari has been able to bag these recruits by allying himself with William Wesley, clearly the most powerful man not in the direct employment of a team, shoe company, etc. |
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You haven't been paying attention
For those that support the 2 year scholarship offer. There is another option for the school and player. It recently happened with Kentucky (
![]() He would still be 1 and done and there would be no impact on the scholarships a school has to offer. The offer also doesn't subject him to the same level of success in the classroom that is required of other "athletes." My understanding is that the NCAA requires 2.25 AND satisfactory progress toward a degree. You are just creating a different loophole. |
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