NCAA and NBA Agree to 2 Yr. Minimum for College Basketball

It does.

 

He's recruited lights out under every previous system. He'll recruit lights out under this one.

 

without a doubt.

 

This is correct.

 

It benefits the NBA. It benefits the NCAA. I see nothing of benefit in it for the players. Under this plan, Carmelo Anthony would have had to waste an extra year at Syracuse.

 

How well does the NBA use its D-League? Why not expand the draft and use your minor league like a minor league?

 

I'm not a fan of the players union supporting something many of the players would have absolutely hated. I wonder how LeBron would have liked giving up his first two years of salary and endorsement money for a few semesters of college education and unlimited food.

 

Well, yeah, nobody thinks there should be a bar exam until after you pass the bar exam.

 

Well Cal can only play so many guys - so I don't know if it really helps them that much if he's going to get recruiting classes like the past two years. It certainly helps him a little due to the experience factor alone (he really can't get more talented teams than he already gets) - but will also benefit some of the non-blue bloods (but still top 25 type programs) as well I would think. Some of the top 10 guys probably end up steering away to other schools that may not get so many of the one and done guys so they don't have to sit behind some top 10 sophomore guys, who have the year of experience and a leg up.

However, his current incoming class isn't nearly as elite as his past couple.

 

Absolutely, and the first two parties give zero ****s about the third party benefitting.

 

exactly. the union goes along with it because the people they are screwing aren't in the union yet anyway. basically this rule is intended to make sure NBA execs don't do dumbshit things. if 17 year olds aren't ready to be nba players than no one is forcing anyone to draft them, but the nba knows their execs are idiots and wants to protect them from themselves. it's a ridiculous rule.

 

So why not just stop drafting the one and done guys?

If they stop spending on one-and-doners, one-and-doners will stop declaring. Do they really need to make it a rule?

 

Can still ball overseas if they desire. Not that it's ideal, but an option nonetheless.

 

you are still talking about millions in lost wages simply because, as you just rightfully pointed out, NBA execs can't keep their [Richards] in their pants. clearly there are 18 year olds perfectly capable of playing at an elite level in the nba.

 

That's not really the same.

 

Rarely are there 18 year olds prepped for the NBA

 

Same as most any sport, the clubs/leagues constantly try to amend rules to protect themselves from themselves.

 

With respect to the union, it's exactly the same.

 

Yup

 

In theory, no. But as has been pointed out, they are protecting themselves from themselves.