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<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 583738" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>Good article by Pete Thamel on what may be coming for college basketball once the one and done rule is gone.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/why-are-hoops-prospects-like-rj-hampton-skipping-college-020139816.html" target="_blank">https://sports.yahoo.com/why-are-hoops-prospects-like-rj-hampton-skipping-college-020139816.html</a></p><p></p><p>Hampton’s decision is emblematic of the attitudes of high school basketball players toward college as we hurtle toward potentially seismic changes coming to the NBA draft in 2022.</p><p></p><p>“The singular difference from now and when this track was open a long time ago,” said an NBA scout, referencing the direct-to-NBA route, which ended in 2005, “is the absolute deterioration of the value of a college scholarship in the eyes of the players and their families. <strong>These guys don’t want to be in school and don’t care. The carrot of education has been devalued.”</strong></p><p></p><p>Hampton’s path shows that. He reclassified to leave high school early a month ago so he could get to college faster. But that wasn’t fast enough. <strong>He told Evans that he considered playing professionally the “safer route for players,” as opposed to college</strong>. Hampton’s father, Rod, summed up the essence of an overseas venture over an eight-month college pit stop with a side order of education. “<strong>It’s never been a dream of his to play college basketball,</strong>” <a href="https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/Article/RJ-Hampton-pro-deal-New-Zealand-Breakers-132369179/" target="_blank">Rod Hampton</a> told 247 Sports. “It’s been a dream of his to use college basketball as a vehicle to get to the NBA.”</p><p></p><p>But so much has changed with exposure and social media that a mass exodus is expected. I guessed 50 players will declare annually to another NBA scout on Thursday. His response? “Maybe even more, to be honest with you.” He added: “Everyone is going to throw their name in there. I can only imagine how it works: ‘He declared, so I’m declaring.’ You get the peer-pressure thing. It doesn’t cost them or hurt them to get the feedback. I would if I was a kid.”</p><p></p><p>This is a warning that there’s a new generation of kids who see college as more of an impediment than a benefit. The <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-makes-first-step-toward-allowing-players-to-profit-off-likeness-201332672.html" target="_blank">NCAA has begun discussions on allowing players to monetize their name, image and likeness</a>. It’s a baby step, but an important one as they lose ground in a competitive field.</p><p>“It’s big especially for the top-level kids, that gives them an option to be able to profit,” said an NBA scout. “That’s the biggest step to make that change.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 583738, member: 1776"] Good article by Pete Thamel on what may be coming for college basketball once the one and done rule is gone. [URL]https://sports.yahoo.com/why-are-hoops-prospects-like-rj-hampton-skipping-college-020139816.html[/URL] Hampton’s decision is emblematic of the attitudes of high school basketball players toward college as we hurtle toward potentially seismic changes coming to the NBA draft in 2022. “The singular difference from now and when this track was open a long time ago,” said an NBA scout, referencing the direct-to-NBA route, which ended in 2005, “is the absolute deterioration of the value of a college scholarship in the eyes of the players and their families. [B]These guys don’t want to be in school and don’t care. The carrot of education has been devalued.”[/B] Hampton’s path shows that. He reclassified to leave high school early a month ago so he could get to college faster. But that wasn’t fast enough. [B]He told Evans that he considered playing professionally the “safer route for players,” as opposed to college[/B]. Hampton’s father, Rod, summed up the essence of an overseas venture over an eight-month college pit stop with a side order of education. “[B]It’s never been a dream of his to play college basketball,[/B]” [URL='https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/Article/RJ-Hampton-pro-deal-New-Zealand-Breakers-132369179/']Rod Hampton[/URL] told 247 Sports. “It’s been a dream of his to use college basketball as a vehicle to get to the NBA.” But so much has changed with exposure and social media that a mass exodus is expected. I guessed 50 players will declare annually to another NBA scout on Thursday. His response? “Maybe even more, to be honest with you.” He added: “Everyone is going to throw their name in there. I can only imagine how it works: ‘He declared, so I’m declaring.’ You get the peer-pressure thing. It doesn’t cost them or hurt them to get the feedback. I would if I was a kid.” This is a warning that there’s a new generation of kids who see college as more of an impediment than a benefit. The [URL='https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-makes-first-step-toward-allowing-players-to-profit-off-likeness-201332672.html']NCAA has begun discussions on allowing players to monetize their name, image and likeness[/URL]. It’s a baby step, but an important one as they lose ground in a competitive field. “It’s big especially for the top-level kids, that gives them an option to be able to profit,” said an NBA scout. “That’s the biggest step to make that change.” [/QUOTE]
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