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Build a farm system like the MLB has. Let those who think they are ready for the NBA enter out of HS and fall back on that farm system if they do not get drafted (or go overseas), return the student to the student-athlete for everyone else who wants an edu and they can play sports on the side. Maybe the product is not as good for College ball, but, it would solve a lot of these issues.
No there is a lot the NCAA can do. They just want an excuse NOT to do it and the NBA provides it. The 1-done model has led to incredible corruption of the sport and the college model. All because the NCAA didn’t want to do anything.I'm curious how a hockey model would work for basketball as well.
But without the NBA getting involved there isn't much the NCAA can do except common sense things like let undrafted kids return to school and let them have legal representation during their collegiate career.
No there is a lot the NCAA can do. They just want an excuse NOT to do it and the NBA provides it. The 1-done model has led to incredible corruption of the sport and the college model. All because the NCAA didn’t want to do anything.
Minor league betting scandals and such but nothing like the level of sleaze going on today. The NCAA could immediately implement a system that requires players to stay 4 years or repay the scholarship with interest. They coul make them 4 year deals that are unusable again until the original recipient’s class has graduated. They could eliminate freshman eligibility and add a fifth year to play. Every one of those things would help and restore some sanity to the process. And requires zero help from the NBA. They could say if you declare for the draft you are immediately ineligible and must immediately repay any scholarship money you got, too. And that is just a short list. Those moves would force the NBA to change its business model most likely and would surely force guys like Calipari and K to change their recruiting model. And force players to decide whether they wanted to play college basketball or try to go pro. And what exactly would there be to challenge in court?
Minor league betting scandals and such but nothing like the level of sleaze going on today. The NCAA could immediately implement a system that requires players to stay 4 years or repay the scholarship with interest. They coul make them 4 year deals that are unusable again until the original recipient’s class has graduated. They could eliminate freshman eligibility and add a fifth year to play. Every one of those things would help and restore some sanity to the process. And requires zero help from the NBA. They could say if you declare for the draft you are immediately ineligible and must immediately repay any scholarship money you got, too. And that is just a short list. Those moves would force the NBA to change its business model most likely and would surely force guys like Calipari and K to change their recruiting model. And force players to decide whether they wanted to play college basketball or try to go pro. And what exactly would there be to challenge in court?
Hogwash. There is no “right” to play college basketball nor to be accepted at a particular college obviously or everyone eould go to Harvard. And since you already sign a contract when you get an athletic scholarship, with lots of requirements this is just a change in those and if you don’t want to agree you don’t have to sign. And in the past people who “tested the waters” lost eligibility going back to that would merely. Be an admission that kowtowing tobthe NBA didn’t work. I suppose anything can be litigated, a guy I know was sued for knocking a tooth out of a guy who broke into his house to rob it and then attacked my friend when he turned out to be home. But just because you can sue doesn’t mean you’ll win.And you’d be litigating half of those in court for the next decade
I'm not reading a garbage report that pretends to call for a return to an era of amateurism that never existed in post WWII America and even then there was pay for play. Gotta beat your rival or the alumni will cut off the money. Please.
One way to return to the era mild corruption is to take them off TV. Now that we've all had a good laugh do this.
1. Tax all athletic revenue, including donations. Call it what it is, a business enterprise.
2. All scholarships are for 4 years regardless of the athlete is their to use it or not. Ends the one and done era permanently. If you want to be sure, any contact with representatives of the major domestic leagues results in immediate loss of eligibility.
3. Pay them, or let them be paid for endorsements. If Pizza Hut wants to sponsor women golfers, let them. No title IX issues.
4. Freshmen are ineligible. Solves the fake student problem.
You can add as many other rules as you wish to address competition issues but big schools are always going to have the advantage. The market will sort out the rest. There are no NCAA regulations of Chemistry departments, why should we care if Michigan wants to spend billions on sports.
For#2 i assume you're including getting professional representation to talk to nba teams, and that won't fly. The Andy Oliver case proved that. Yes they agreed to throw it out as part of the settlement, but someone else can win again. The NCAA doesn't have the authority to deny a player of legal representation for their business affairs.
Also stopping them from talking to nba scouts is just a ridiculous take. It's like saying a chemistry major can't talk to Fisher Scientific or they lose their financial aid.
3 is such an obvious answer that it's pathetic the NCAA hasn't figured it out yet.
I also hope we see 4 so these guys have to go to the G League.
I also hope we see 4 so these guys have to go to the G League.
I hate number 4.
In an era of guys not staying for 4 years and/or often transferring, it makes fielding a team very difficult year in year out. So many teams rely on freshman to plug holes, that I think it weakens the product to take it away.
It also takes away a valuable year of extra experience for the players who really need it (the non one and dones).