alabamagrizzly said:
uofmman1122 said:
That highly valuable 1-2 semesters of school filled with remedial GE classes at best, or straight up puff classes solely designed to be passed by athletes with as little work as possible?
There's definitely a place for the majority of CBB prospects in the NCAA, but there are always some every year that realistically do not need college basketball, and the only reason they're forced to play one year is to make the NCAA and schools as much money as possible.
I guess my argument isn’t as much against the early entry’s as it is against kids who are misguided on their basketball abilities by people who ultimately just want to make as much money off them as they can before they fall out the league after a year or two and no career to fall back on or ability to pay for a college education.
I understand the hypothetical, but I'd bet there aren't many guys who are good enough to get drafted out of HS (in a two-round draft, no less) who stick around and graduate college. The one-and-done rule isn't saving the players you describe; they just enter the draft a year later without graduating. I don't think this happens:
NBA TEAM IN 2018: Kid, we want to pick you and pay you millions, but you have to be a year older.
KID: Damn. That sucks. See you next year.
NBA TEAM IN 2019: Kid, we plan to pick you and pay you millions!
KID: Nah, I'm good. I'm learning so much about CBB from Coach K, and I'm digging my classes so much that I'm going to stay and graduate.
NBA TEAM IN 2019: Welp, then we're going to pick someone else and pay him millions. Good luck in class for the next three years. Say hi to Coach K. Hope you don't get hurt.