12-11-2018, 11:34 AM
According to this article, it may be a while before the NBA acts. Then again, Condi’s commission may force the issue:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nb...706525002/
I would love to see these measures put in place as it would totally neutralize the advantage of recruiting one and done’s and would send a clear message to the NBA that college basketball is not the NBA’s minor league. I’d support making freshmen ineligible and holding a scholarship for three years so that it actually hurts the dukes and Kentucky’s or the world to take athletes who never intend to be students.
BC
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nb...706525002/
Quote:The commission said if the NBA and NBPA refuse to change the rule in time for the next basketball season, it would reconvene and potentially recommend other options for the NCAA, such as making freshmen ineligible or locking a scholarship for three or four years if the recipient leaves a program after a single year.
I would love to see these measures put in place as it would totally neutralize the advantage of recruiting one and done’s and would send a clear message to the NBA that college basketball is not the NBA’s minor league. I’d support making freshmen ineligible and holding a scholarship for three years so that it actually hurts the dukes and Kentucky’s or the world to take athletes who never intend to be students.
BC