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Hazards of building your business model around unpaid labor, and I'd take the writer a little more seriously if his examples of poor play as a result of the one-and-done rule didn't include Priceton and UNC-Wilmington, of all places, as well as Vandy (who at least puts the occasional player in the NBA, but they're pretty much exclusively multi-year college players. Write an article about how Kansas and Kentucky and UCLA are bad for basketball and get back to me.

Bogg nails it. +3

(03-17-2017 11:52 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  Bogg nails it. +3

Yes he did... I give him +1 for disagreeing with me on another thread though.

I kid I kid... Hehe

Bogg did make an exceptional point

Do it like baseball. If you get drafted you're good if you don't you have to wait until after your junior year to reenter.


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There have been some really bad basketball games so far, but it's not the one-and-done rule that's causing it. The AAU circuit and modern HS coaching has really hurt the game. Very few teams seem to actually run an accurate offense or a disciplined defense.

NCAA Tournament is still awesome. Nothing has been ruined.

Stop. Just stop!

That was me yesterday

If anything is ruining the tourney it's selecting 15 loss teams over 25 win teams.

I think all of the transfers have something to do with it. Small schools develop their players only to have them transfer after 1 or two years.

The top talent would definitely be spread around to more schools. Schools like Kentucky and Duke get the top talent every year and then just replace it with the next set of top talent. If the players stayed in school the next round of top talent would go to different schools to get playing time.

Im kinda confused how this works can some one explain it to me. How does requiring kids to go to college first before going to the nba ruin college bball?

(03-18-2017 09:09 PM)Nevadanatural Wrote:  If anything is ruining the tourney it's selecting 15 loss teams over 25 win teams.

You spoke the truth, except you didn't mention that the 15 loss teams always come from the ACC, B10, B12, Pac12, SEC, while the 25 win teams are always from a mid-major conference. Those mid-major teams is what make the NCAA tournament so exciting.

(03-19-2017 01:45 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Im kinda confused how this works can some one explain it to me. How does requiring kids to go to college first before going to the nba ruin college bball?

It doesn't. This is just more bull trying make young people help these colleges and television networks earn more money. Nobody requires a guy to go to college before getting drafted into major league baseball or hockey or tennis or socccer. Nobody makes a guy go to college before going to the military or taking up a trade, but for some reason basketball and football players have different rules imposed on them, which can only be explained when it is realized that they make these universities and the television networks a lot of money.

(03-19-2017 01:54 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 01:45 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Im kinda confused how this works can some one explain it to me. How does requiring kids to go to college first before going to the nba ruin college bball?

It doesn't. This is just more bull trying make young people help these colleges and television networks earn more money. Nobody requires a guy to go to college before getting drafted into major league baseball or hockey or tennis or socccer. Nobody makes a guy go to college before going to the military or taking up a trade, but for some reason basketball and football players have different rules imposed on them, which can only be explained when it is realized that they make these universities and the television networks a lot of money.

And football and basketball are much more popular pro sports than the others listed. Maybe they're onto something?

(03-19-2017 01:54 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 01:45 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Im kinda confused how this works can some one explain it to me. How does requiring kids to go to college first before going to the nba ruin college bball?

It doesn't. This is just more bull trying make young people help these colleges and television networks earn more money. Nobody requires a guy to go to college before getting drafted into major league baseball or hockey or tennis or socccer. Nobody makes a guy go to college before going to the military or taking up a trade, but for some reason basketball and football players have different rules imposed on them, which can only be explained when it is realized that they make these universities and the television networks a lot of money.

But how has it supposedly ruined the tournament?

(03-19-2017 04:18 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 01:54 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 01:45 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Im kinda confused how this works can some one explain it to me. How does requiring kids to go to college first before going to the nba ruin college bball?

It doesn't. This is just more bull trying make young people help these colleges and television networks earn more money. Nobody requires a guy to go to college before getting drafted into major league baseball or hockey or tennis or socccer. Nobody makes a guy go to college before going to the military or taking up a trade, but for some reason basketball and football players have different rules imposed on them, which can only be explained when it is realized that they make these universities and the television networks a lot of money.

But how has it supposedly ruined the tournament?

It has not. The NCAA selection committee has ruined the tournament by inviting average teams (barely .500) from the ACC, B10, B12, PAC12 and SEC; rather than very teams from mid-majors. They seem to forget that it is the mid-majors that make the tournament great.

(03-19-2017 04:31 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 04:18 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 01:54 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 01:45 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Im kinda confused how this works can some one explain it to me. How does requiring kids to go to college first before going to the nba ruin college bball?

It doesn't. This is just more bull trying make young people help these colleges and television networks earn more money. Nobody requires a guy to go to college before getting drafted into major league baseball or hockey or tennis or socccer. Nobody makes a guy go to college before going to the military or taking up a trade, but for some reason basketball and football players have different rules imposed on them, which can only be explained when it is realized that they make these universities and the television networks a lot of money.

But how has it supposedly ruined the tournament?

It has not. The NCAA selection committee has ruined the tournament by inviting average teams (barely .500) from the ACC, B10, B12, PAC12 and SEC; rather than very teams from mid-majors. They seem to forget that it is the mid-majors that make the tournament great.

So basically they are saying too many good players has watered it down?

I'm not sure what has ruined it for me, but it's definitely not as must-see as it used to be.


I doubt it has anything to do with the one-and-done rule though.