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<blockquote data-quote="Skeptic" data-source="post: 681223" data-attributes="member: 2175"><p>The 19-year-old rule (or one year out of HS) has done more damage to college basketball than all the lying and cheating and payoffs combined. One-and-dones -- really about four months and done -- have turned even the most previously saintly -- Duke and Coach K, I am talking about you -- into AAU teams, with no school loyalty or affection nor rabid fan bases. In the '80s and into the '90s a rivalry like Duke and UNC, or any along Tobacco Road, would be talked about for months leading up to the game, untold thousands of kids "got sick" and stayed home during the ACC tournament, and the players stuck around and built an identity for at least three years: the players you rooted for this year would be back next year.</p><p></p><p>And now? My hired gun can beat your hired gun, and my relationship with AAU coaches is a lot more important than any HS coach could be. And when once Coach K demanded that in order to retire a jersey and hang it in the rafters one had to graduate, regardless of how good he was, that is, well, so old school any more. </p><p></p><p>It has become over the top when serious suggestions are made that the Clemson QB phenom should sit out, not one, but two college seasons to protect himself against injury before the NFL draft. Worse than the suggestions was the reaction: well, sure. Thankfully the 18-year-old QB actually wants a college experience. (Hard to remember what that is anymore.)</p><p></p><p>More of a rant than analysis from somebody becoming increasingly distanced from college sports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skeptic, post: 681223, member: 2175"] The 19-year-old rule (or one year out of HS) has done more damage to college basketball than all the lying and cheating and payoffs combined. One-and-dones -- really about four months and done -- have turned even the most previously saintly -- Duke and Coach K, I am talking about you -- into AAU teams, with no school loyalty or affection nor rabid fan bases. In the '80s and into the '90s a rivalry like Duke and UNC, or any along Tobacco Road, would be talked about for months leading up to the game, untold thousands of kids "got sick" and stayed home during the ACC tournament, and the players stuck around and built an identity for at least three years: the players you rooted for this year would be back next year. And now? My hired gun can beat your hired gun, and my relationship with AAU coaches is a lot more important than any HS coach could be. And when once Coach K demanded that in order to retire a jersey and hang it in the rafters one had to graduate, regardless of how good he was, that is, well, so old school any more. It has become over the top when serious suggestions are made that the Clemson QB phenom should sit out, not one, but two college seasons to protect himself against injury before the NFL draft. Worse than the suggestions was the reaction: well, sure. Thankfully the 18-year-old QB actually wants a college experience. (Hard to remember what that is anymore.) More of a rant than analysis from somebody becoming increasingly distanced from college sports. [/QUOTE]
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