(03-20-2013 10:49 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(03-20-2013 10:28 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-20-2013 10:21 AM)RonBurgundy Wrote:  

(03-20-2013 09:40 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-20-2013 08:47 AM)RonBurgundy Wrote:  The whole reason is that there isn't really a minor league for basketball. They let college basketball be their minors rather than the D-League because it doesn't cost them anything compared to a in depth minor league system like baseball has. Plus it gives them more chances to evaluate players against tougher competition than found in high school.

So this has what to do with denying the athlete his opportunity....?? If the athlete is able and the next tier is willing, I still haven't seen a logical reason to deny this.

I told you guys they would tear up the airwaves this morning with this issue and the KY loss. Hell, the loss even got first row headline status on the ESPeNis.com first page....lmfao

It's not really about the athlete, its about the business of basketball. If you let high school players go directly to the NBA, college basketball would lose all it's high end talent like Nerlin Noel and all the Kentucky guys. Even if they are around for one year, the NCAA benefits from the hype of these super prospects because they help make the games more attractive to the casual viewer and they can make more money off TV. Big names are big draws, always have been and always will be. Money is always the reason in our world.

The train thought of the big business....love it.

So Kobe, LeBron, etc..have ruined the business of college basketball... okey dokey

There are 3000+ collegiate basketball players and only 60 NBA draftees every year with roughly half being sub senior draftees. ....sounds like a bonecrushing business killing opportunity to me.

The one year is pointless, one and done kids don't care about their school. Do it like baseball, you don't have to go, but if you go you have to stay three years.

So the extra two years will make them care more? Greg Oden with his early injuries would have never made a dime in the NBA if he would've stayed 3 years at OSU.

I don't like the baseball or football rules. If you are perceived as being good enough, then take the money and run. It just doesn't seem fair to the athlete IMO.