G-League to NCAA

[Edward Sargent]

Andre Jackson has some eligibility left.

Lebron does too

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Dan not a fan either.

 

[Waquoit]

Dan not a fan either.

That's some good emoji work, right there.

 

[HooperScooper]

Another one incoming.

G-League center Abdullah Ahmed considering 3 schools

After two years in the G-League, Abdullah Ahmed is looking to make the jump to college basketball and is considering three programs.

www.on3.com

 

[Hey Adrien!]

What about:

Once a player graduates, they have a five-year window of college eligibility regardless of injuries/transfers/hardships waivers/etc.

Once that player plays a single NBA game, their remaining eligibility is voided.

 

[ec33]

Another one. This one to Louisville.

Louisville landed a commitment from former Maine Celtics and Cleveland Charge guard London Johnson, ON3’s Joe Tipton announced on Monday. Johnson is a 6-foot-3 guard from Norcross, Georgia and was originally a four-star recruit in the class of 2023. He is expected to have two years of eligibility.

G-League guard London Johnson commits to Louisville | Zagsblog

By JAMES MADDEN Louisville landed a commitment […]

www.zagsblog.com

That is one way to finally get a recruit, Louisville. Overall I am not big on the policy, but this kid -- under the current rules -- would have gone the college route.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Another one. This one to Louisville.

Louisville landed a commitment from former Maine Celtics and Cleveland Charge guard London Johnson, ON3’s Joe Tipton announced on Monday. Johnson is a 6-foot-3 guard from Norcross, Georgia and was originally a four-star recruit in the class of 2023. He is expected to have two years of eligibility.

G-League guard London Johnson commits to Louisville | Zagsblog

By JAMES MADDEN Louisville landed a commitment […]

www.zagsblog.com

Can Bouknight come back?

 

[Jaydumo20]

You leave for the nba and suck, who cares if you think you should be able to go back to college. Just dont allow it. There are so many other rules normal people have to follow that don't maximize the money we earn/keep

No returns on certain items, arbitrarily raising credit card interest rates, non-standardization of cancelation fees and refunds....

Here's one: musicians are normally not allowed to play two separate gigs in the same city within a week's span. This is not law but it is enacted anyway. It only benefits the venue owners and restricts the money making opportunity for the musician, but it still is enforced.

The only people who get treated with 100% objectivity now are......College Athletes???

 

[Kitaman]

I know its a sports scholarship, but I would believe G-League players are not going back to college to be educated. Just a shame that a high schooler or a college underclassmen could potentially lose a free college ride to a pro.

Just saying I just feel college athletics scholarships should be for amateur athletes. Let the 'pros' make the team and play but on their own dime.

 

[navery12]

You leave for the nba and suck, who cares if you think you should be able to go back to college. Just dont allow it. There are so many other rules normal people have to follow that don't maximize the money we earn/keep

I'm sure the verbiage will be changed to not allow this soon, but it is an important distinction that so far these G-League guys enrolling in college are guys who never declared for the NBA Draft

 

[Dooooooomed]

I'll take Pat Spencer.

 

[QDOG5]

 

[Jaydumo20]

I'm sure the verbiage will be changed to not allow this soon, but it is an important distinction that so far these G-League guys enrolling in college are guys who never declared for the NBA Draft

Makes more sense.

Ive become more drawn to college baseball and hockey because it still resembles amateur athletics, relatively.

Quinnipiac and UConn Hockey will be fun to watch

 

[navery12]

Makes more sense.

Ive become more drawn to college baseball and hockey because it still resembles amateur athletics, relatively.

Quinnipiac and UConn Hockey will be fun to watch

College hockey is definitely becoming more popular, though the same reverse pipeline of pros back to college is happening there as well. There's been a few AHL players going back to college hockey for the NIL

 

[Jaydumo20]

College hockey is definitely becoming more popular, though the same reverse pipeline of pros back to college is happening there as well. There's been a few AHL players going back to college hockey for the NIL

I guess I'll just spend my free time with my kids then.

 

[Mr. French]

I guess I'll just spend my free time with my kids then.

Don’t get crazy man.

 

[Waquoit]

Don’t get crazy man.

I remember John Madden saying one of the reasons he retired was to spend more time with the family. Then when he got home, "nobody had time for me!"

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I remember John Madden saying one of the reasons he retired was to spend more time with the family. Then when he got home, "nobody had time for me!"

Tampa Tom Brady did it for a year and then ran back to football. Think he was a hockey dad for a few months with which I can empathize. I’m basically a taxi driving all over the mid-Atlantic and a bank for the kids at this point.

 

[Jaydumo20]

@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

 

[Waquoit]

my 3 year old

So we're talking a kid kid here! I don't blame you. Madden's were in HS, iirc.

 

[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