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Me thinks thou college coaches doth protest too much
Yes, changing the one and done rule will make the lives of about 15 college coaches easier and they will have more consistency/certainty in their roster year to year. Bully for them.
Here are the things I worry about:
1) If you go to a 3 year or even 2 year college rule you will siphon off most of the NBA level talent to the D League. The NCAA product gets worse. Fewer stars to draw casual fan eyeballs.
2) The D League gets better. With most of the NBA level talent being siphoned off, it will become a legit competitor to NCAA BB instead of a red headed step child. It will take multiple years but the college coach who arrogantly says let them go play in front of 150 folks will get his arse handed back to him after the NBA decides to really promote the DLeague as the real place for emerging stars. It will take years but it will hurt.
3) IMHO it will only exacerbate the moral outcries. The NBA will now flood AAU tournaments but they will not get all the talent that could go to the league and there will be kids who blossom after getting to college. So a kid who shows the potential for NBA level play after his freshman year is now stuck in college for 2 more years with no ability to go make money. That is when the slavery/indentured servitude arguments will come out with a vengeance. It will not be like baseball where they go to the minor leagues anyway - you are depriving mostly african american kids of making money. That ain't a good look and will be wide open for further moral pontification.
Much as we hate the current system - and I do too - I think it is the worst possible system except for all of the alternatives. There is a value college basketball gets from feeding into the NBA. Severing NBA level talent from the college game is not the panacea many think it is and certainly doesn't mean all the neighborhood kids will get off their lawn.
BTW that is a good article.
Yes, changing the one and done rule will make the lives of about 15 college coaches easier and they will have more consistency/certainty in their roster year to year. Bully for them.
Here are the things I worry about:
1) If you go to a 3 year or even 2 year college rule you will siphon off most of the NBA level talent to the D League. The NCAA product gets worse. Fewer stars to draw casual fan eyeballs.
2) The D League gets better. With most of the NBA level talent being siphoned off, it will become a legit competitor to NCAA BB instead of a red headed step child. It will take multiple years but the college coach who arrogantly says let them go play in front of 150 folks will get his arse handed back to him after the NBA decides to really promote the DLeague as the real place for emerging stars. It will take years but it will hurt.
3) IMHO it will only exacerbate the moral outcries. The NBA will now flood AAU tournaments but they will not get all the talent that could go to the league and there will be kids who blossom after getting to college. So a kid who shows the potential for NBA level play after his freshman year is now stuck in college for 2 more years with no ability to go make money. That is when the slavery/indentured servitude arguments will come out with a vengeance. It will not be like baseball where they go to the minor leagues anyway - you are depriving mostly african american kids of making money. That ain't a good look and will be wide open for further moral pontification.
Much as we hate the current system - and I do too - I think it is the worst possible system except for all of the alternatives. There is a value college basketball gets from feeding into the NBA. Severing NBA level talent from the college game is not the panacea many think it is and certainly doesn't mean all the neighborhood kids will get off their lawn.
BTW that is a good article.
