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Baylor brings back 2023 Draft pick

ctchamps said:
Does this mean if someone like Mullins declares for NBA gets drafted low first round or second round he could decide to come back and immediately play for UConn?
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I don’t think so. Isn’t that rule still in place that you would need to withdraw before that pre-draft deadline of May 1 (or whatever it is) in order to return to school?

Another way to look at it - non-college players have more rights than kids already playing college ball.
 
ctchamps said:
Does this mean if someone like Mullins declares for NBA gets drafted low first round or second round he could decide to come back and immediately play for UConn?
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Correct, the NCAA withdrawal deadline is now effectively irrelevant with this ruling. Anyone who does not play an NBA game has a basis for retaining their college eligibility
 
navery12 said:
Correct, the NCAA withdrawal deadline is now effectively irrelevant with this ruling. Anyone who does not play an NBA game has a basis for retaining their college eligibility
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NCAA withdrawal deadline still pertains to players who were in college and stayed in the draft. Didn't apply to Nnaji because he's an international and the NCAA eligibility rule is written specifically to only apply to college student athletes who entered the draft and did not withdraw.

Could be challenged by a college player eventually in court, of course, but the NCAA will likely try to continue to enforce it (and fight that in court).
 
Tenspro2002 said:
College basketball is now a professional minor league sport with better branding and brand loyalty.

This is just the next (mind-numbingly stupid) natural evolution.
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This unfortunately is our reality. Hard to support like I once did when there are no guardrails and it’s literal chaos.
 
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navery12 said:
Correct, the NCAA withdrawal deadline is now effectively irrelevant with this ruling. Anyone who does not play an NBA game has a basis for retaining their college eligibilit
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You wonder how that changes behavior in drafting.
 
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navery12 said:
Correct, the NCAA withdrawal deadline is now effectively irrelevant with this ruling. Anyone who does not play an NBA game has a basis for retaining their college eligibility
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No doubt that will be challenged this summer.
 
Scottzer said:
St. John’s needs a pg. I hope they don’t go get Chris Paul.
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Some college should bring back 5 guys like Majic & Bird. They only have to play a little. They would pack the gyms and TV ratings would soar.
 
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Waquoit said:
Cute exchange on reddit. Duke fan says "I can't believe I agree with Dan Hurley." UNC fan says, "I can't believe I agree with a Dukie" Dan Hurley, uniting people during the Holiday Season!
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Said it before and I’ll say it again, if you told me 15 years ago our staff would include a Hurley, Mike Nardi, and Bill Murray’s kid I would’ve thought we had gone D3 or something.
 
I still don't get why remaining in a draft isn't in and of itself sufficient to end intercollegiate eligibility.

It had been an assumption on my part, but if a Euro player doesn't need to declare for a draft in advance of being drafted, they need to add this as part of the requirements.
 
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JVN said:
www.espn.com

Baylor's Scott Drew defends James Nnaji signing amid criticism

Baylor coach Scott Drew defended his signing of former NBA draft pick James Nnaji, saying he's merely adapting to the current climate of college basketball.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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Tough to blame Drew for doing it since NCAA allowed it. A gentlemen’s agreement among coaches to not do it is a ridiculous desire by Izzo in a sport where the most successful programs have often lived outside the actual rules.

The NCAA needs to get serious about formalizing rules to save itself.
 
BGesus4 said:
Tough to blame Drew for doing it since NCAA allowed it. A gentlemen’s agreement among coaches to not do it is a ridiculous desire by Izzo in a sport where the most successful programs have often lived outside the actual rules.

The NCAA needs to get serious about formalizing rules to save itself.
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Every football centric school seems to have one of these very rich supporters. Not sure his ideas will ever work but at least most people seem to agree that the college athletic system is broken.

Campbell says he has commissioned research that shows that if colleges could band together, their TV rights would be worth roughly $7 billion -- almost double what they make in total now. It's a change that would direct a larger share of revenue to schools such as Texas Tech, making the Red Raiders less dependent on billionaire alums to help them compete.

The current leaders of college sports view Campbell's proposal as a naive solution to a complex, tangled problem. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told The Associated Press in October that Campbell has a "fundamental misunderstanding of the realities of college athletics." It could be 10 years or more before current deals expire and open the door for a big group contract. And that's assuming all conferences would want to join forces. Commissioners and other media industry experts also say Campbell's $7 billion projections are optimistic, perhaps wildly so.

 
BGesus4 said:
A gentlemen’s agreement among coaches to not do it is a ridiculous desire by Izzo in a sport where the most successful programs have often lived outside the actual rules.
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A gentleman's agreement? Among coaches like Pitino, Calipari, etc al. In a sport with schools like Kentucky & Louisville.

Asking for world peace would be a more reasonable request.
 
This just opens the door for teams to recruit goon players, hey the ncaa won't do anything about we will do it John Chaney style on the court. Wouldn't root for that to happen but you are welcoming that possibility.
 
A lot of people are all fired up over this. But on the UConn women's team, Blanca Quinones, who is only 18 or 19, played professional basketball for many years in an Italian league. But she's a freshman at UConn. There was zero hysteria over this on the woman's side, at least zero that I saw.

If they don't earn any $$ as pros, why not allow them to come back? How is that harming the game? With NIL etc. MCBB (and WCBB) are already semi pro leagues with many college players (on the women's side) making a lot more than they will in the pros.
 
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