Not sure this is a good thing for college basketball
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-prospects-not-wanting-go-one-done-route-ncaa
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-prospects-not-wanting-go-one-done-route-ncaa
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Yikes, when is that going into effect? Could see that taking lots of top prospects off the board.
They each have different profit goals, so why would they work with each other? If anything, both are trying to nab "market share" from each other, using the kids and schools as their pawns to reach their goals. It's all about the money and generating as much revenue/profit as is humanly possible.Yikes, when is that going into effect? Could see that taking lots of top prospects off the board.
Also think it’s odd how the NBA and college basketball don’t work together and are almost against each other.
NBA won't do this because they don't want their product watered down with 17/18 yr olds who aren't ready for the league. This gives them an opportunity to improve their game against legit competition while not being thrown to the wolves in the NBA right away. Will be interesting to see what prospects take the 125k, and what prospects choose to play the year in college, then jump to the NBA.Why would they do this? Just do away with age restriction.
You mean like the WNBA does?This wont be viable after the first year. The G League has no attendance, no TV deal, that equals no revenue. They would just be hemorrhaging money.
Adam Silver gets a lot of praise as the NBA Commisioner. Whether this is deserved or not, that’s a different story. With that said, he’s an absolute idiot when it comes to the G-League and college basketball.
I’ve researched his comments. He constantly cites Ben Simmons and his lack of classes as the end all be all to the one-and-done discussion. He firmly believes the G-League can essentially replace college basketball. He somehow doesn’t understand how that’d cut off a significant chunk of NBA fans, and discontinue the connection college fans and casual fans have with players. Not to mention the amount of free marketing that’d be lost.
No one is ever going to care about the G-League. No one wants to go watch a G-League game. It wouldn’t even be as popular as minor league baseball. He has a misguided view on the one and done system, and is instead creating a system that will screw the fans, AND many players.
$125k to some prospects means nothing to the NBA money wise. You do realize they just signed a TV deal worth 25 billion with TNT and ESPN! NBA can easily support the G League without any effect to it's money making abilities.This wont be viable after the first year. The G League has no attendance, no TV deal, that equals no revenue. They would just be hemorrhaging money.
This wont be viable after the first year. The G League has no attendance, no TV deal, that equals no revenue. They would just be hemorrhaging money.
So did the NFL and they canceled their NFL Europe partnership because it was costing too much money.$125k to some prospects means nothing to the NBA money wise. You do realize they just signed a TV deal worth 25 billion with TNT and ESPN! NBA can easily support the G League without any effect to it's money making abilities.
I think the G League makes sense for prospects that need money now. But for overall individual brand, enrolling in a blue blood college such as Kentucky or Duke etc is better long term simply because of the TV exposure and better facilities at these schools.
This will be a real problem for the Blue Bloods, especially Cal. He always recruits the best of the best. What do you do when many of the guys you've been recruiting hard decide to go to the G League. And they don't make the decision until late. And it's too late to go after replacement recruits. This will cause the top schools to be vary wary about recruiting any player ranked highly.
So did the NFL and they canceled their NFL Europe partnership because it was costing too much money.
Surely you're not that stupid. You got that I was saying that the NBA would go bankrupt out of that post? Just because they can doesn't mean they will want to continue to pay G League salaries and expenses year after year when they have a perfectly fine to them farm system that builds the brand of their future employees and doesn't cost them a thing.yeah...i have no idea how NBA teams would be able to adsorb the 2-3 million dollar cost per year. the league is on the brink of bankruptcy.
Surely you're not that stupid. You got that I was saying that the NBA would go bankrupt out of that post? Just because they can doesn't mean they will want to continue to pay G League salaries and expenses year after year when they have a perfectly fine to them farm system that builds the brand of their future employees and doesn't cost them a thing.
BTW, elite HS kids can make millions in China and Europe straight out of HS and still choose to go to college.
MLB minor league teams have their own players that they have signed and train and develop as they see fit.how many minor league baseball teams are there?
NBA execs seem to disagree with you completely. maybe they just dont know who you are.
Ehh, go easy on Keyser. He honestly means well but just isn’t well versed when it comes to the NBA
This wont be viable after the first year. The G League has no attendance, no TV deal, that equals no revenue. They would just be hemorrhaging money.
Mind boggling.Yikes, when is that going into effect? Could see that taking lots of top prospects off the board.
Also think it’s odd how the NBA and college basketball don’t work together and are almost against each other.