G-League to NCAA

[Mr. French]

@Waquoit last weekend I was watching MLB playoffs (as I have been doing obsessively) and my wife said "maybe the kids want to watch something now" so I asked my 3 year old what he wanted to watch and he said:
"I want to watch Football with Daddy"
I said " no problem at all" switched the channel and gave the poor kid what he wanted

Man, it may be cliche but don't take these years for granted.

I have a 6 year old almost 7, and I have a 5 year old. These are great ages, but toddler years were fun, if not hectic.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Man, it may be cliche but don't take these years for granted.

I have a 6 year old almost 7, and I have a 5 year old. These are great ages, but toddler years were fun, if not hectic.

I hear ya man. I'm soaking it all in

 

[HooperScooper]

The rationale that the NCAA has adopted is based on the levels of compensation. If the dollar amount was low enough that it is deemed to only cover "actual and necessary expenses" (i.e. the cost of living) then there's a good chance that it will not impact NCAA eligibility if players are young enough to be within about a five-year window of their high school graduation. There's even a possibility that if players pay back what is above that threshold of perceived necessity, then they can regain eligibility.

London Johnson commits to Louisville: How G League players are now eligible to play college basketball

G League players like Johnson can now sign with college basketball teams

www.cbssports.com

 

[boog204]

Who among us isn’t excited to watch a 50 year old LeBron play for Ohio State.

At least when he randomly falls over, then it will seem somewhat believable...

 

[huskymedic]

 

[bendm]

if there were such a thing as “commissioner of ncaa men’s bball” he would trade places with Adam silver in a millisecond. Couldnt care less about rigged poker games and injury report “insider information” despite all the blustering going on in that thread.

But letting g league players and professionals from overseas play in college is just the latest addition to the laundry list of existential threats to college ball, along with 1) conference realignment, 2) tourney expansion, 3) private equity funding, 4) NIL, 5) revenue sharing, 6) legalized gambling. I’m probably forgetting a couple.

 

[ktuck911]

Is Hurley and Co recruiting The G League like some of these P5 coaches are???
Talk about trying to gain an advantage.

 

[HooperScooper]

Is Hurley and Co recruiting The G League like some of these P5 coaches are???
Talk about trying to gain an advantage.

Don't know but by his tweet he agrees with Izzo that this is stupid.

 

[aceboon]

seems like the GLeague players were the straw that broke the camels back but I don't understand how the old ass Euros with multiple years of pro experience didn't raise a similar level of stink from coaches.

 

[ktuck911]

Don't know but by his tweet he agrees with Izzo that this is stupid.

I agree.. Enough is enough.... Just reeks of greed and trying to set things up where the TOP level college athletic programs position themselves to win... all the time... ($$$ generator)... Sad stuff going on nowadays

 

[aceboon]

didn't see this earlier, finally a college coach who is straight up about it

 

[HW611]

didn't see this earlier, finally a college coach who is straight up about it

Facts, get rid of both.

 

[RuffRuff]

Interesting piece

 

[HW611]

Interesting piece

 

[RuffRuff]

Blending what the best each option has to offer is likely the best model.

There are only 1-2 programs that can run the Duke model, and even with that they are at the mercy of ensuring classes have the caliber of freshmen they need. There is no Flagg or Boozer in this next class, they'll have to get creative and probably will.

 

[HW611]

Blending what the best each option has to offer is likely the best model.

There are only 1-2 programs that can run the Duke model, and even with that they are at the mercy of ensuring classes have the caliber of freshmen they need. There is no Flagg or Boozer in this next class, they'll have to get creative and probably will.

Speaking moreso to the bottom right of the chart with MSU, Purdue, Bama, and Houston than Duke.

Don’t think it’s a surprise Duke has been the only old blue blood to find success in this era though.

 

[superjohn]

Interesting piece

That was a lot of words to not even mention the team that's been by far the most successful in the transfer portal era. Fail

 

[RuffRuff]

That was a lot of words to not even mention the team that's been by far the most successful in the transfer portal era. Fail

This is all fluid until a lot of things settle. Right now there are G league guys in play. Last year there was COVID 5th year guys, and the Final 4 sans Duke was stacked with old multi year transfers. There was no cap this year and economics were imbalanced.

The general theme is trying to hit your roster with enough guys you can groom year over year that become productive and the core of a roster. That can be done with freshmen or it can be done with soph/junior transfers. Then you fill in in the gaps of that core with transfers or amazing freshmen. Hurley's doing it, a guy like Pope looks like he's setting up for it too. Let's see where Painter goes from here.

 

[Flipside]

I appreciated Jay Bilas' breakdown of this topic yesterday

... not a direct quote, but to the tune of "So what if we get to the point of an X-NBA player that has eligibility, going to play college basketball ... it's just a dude that just wants to play ball ... is that a crime?" ... and went on about young e.g. pro tennis players (I am former NELTA/USTA junior, so I related), that go on to play in college - there's never much noise in that court of opinion & judgement

 

[UConnTrumbull]

I’ll just leave this here lol