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John Calipari in favor of draft-eligibility change
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But, but, but,....he was destroying college basketball with the one and done because that is his rule. Why would he welcome change? I wonder what would be the next excuse if it changes and he continues to do great (which he would btw).
Let's just go back to the original rule. Kids who don't want to go to school can go ahead and play for pay. Cal will still get plenty of talent, regardless.
That would be great for fans. Not so much for the kids. I would love
for TAD to go into effect for the incoming guys. Imagine Green, Knox, Vanderbilt, Washington, and Richards as Sophs with Bol or Bagley and maybe Langford or Quickley. With the large class it would be perfect timing.
If they go two and through, kiss most of the top 10 kids goodbye. They’ll either leave directly for the league because there will no longer be an inhibiting rule, or they will go overseas for some form of earnings. There’s no way in hell a kid like Bagley even entertains the idea of going to school for two years.
UK will still get elite kids; it’s just that they’ll be guys like P.J. Washington and Quade Greene as the gems of a class, as opposed to regularly landing at least one guy per class like Randle, Towns, Davis, Wall, Fox, etc.
UK will still get elite kids; it’s just that they’ll be guys like P.J. Washington and Quade Greene as the gems of a class, as opposed to regularly landing at least one guy per class like Randle, Towns, Davis, Wall, Fox, etc.
Owners probably won't go back to the old rule. They get a free year of evaluating talent against higher level competition.
It should be similar to baseball. If you choose to go pro out of highschool, go for it. If you go to college you should have to stay two years. Could you imagine if he would to have stayed 2 years? He has stated before he was going to college all along. Cal has done some amazing things he so far but if that rule was in place, he would have atleast 3 more championships.
If a player such as Skal had to play a second year of college ball and still did not produce, his stock might not ever have recovered.
1 year of not seeing a player contribute and a pro team can say it was an adjustment. 2 years of seeing a player not contribute, the player is banished.
Too many high schoolers didn't pan out for teams and owners to go back to that imo.
For every Kobe or Lebron you had 5-10 kids a year that never lasted past 1-2 years.
The baseball rule would be best but reduce it to 2 years. Best of both worlds imo.
It would allow kids like Bagley or Ayton to go straight in, but there would still be some that would try it.
I think it would eventually let kids see, if I'm not truly ready I will not be drafted and I can't go to college now either.
For every Kobe or Lebron you had 5-10 kids a year that never lasted past 1-2 years.
The baseball rule would be best but reduce it to 2 years. Best of both worlds imo.
It would allow kids like Bagley or Ayton to go straight in, but there would still be some that would try it.
I think it would eventually let kids see, if I'm not truly ready I will not be drafted and I can't go to college now either.
I'll never understand a college basketball fan who thinks NOT getting to see guys like Davis, Wall, Ball, Oden, etc at all is better than OAD.
I think hockey has the best approach here. There are incentives to keep the kids in school and players can attend training camp with pro teams (as long as they pay their own expenses) without losing eligibility.
Players who stay 4 years also are able to enter the NHL as free agents and bypass the rookie pay scale.
Players who stay 4 years also are able to enter the NHL as free agents and bypass the rookie pay scale.
I don't know, depends on the year. I would say the top five for sure.
If TAD went into place for this draft, what would change? Knox might go
straight into the draft, but the rest of the Freshmen would be here
most likely. Diallo opted to return. He was top 10.
Probably hurts Duke (Duval, Carter) a little. Ayton would be gone. Porter and Bamba might jump.
In the next class, the top five could probably jump. Not sure after that.
Eat first sure but the fare will be closer to the average aka the differential will be less especially with bigs. .
I like the idea of bypassing the rookie pay scale. Maybe current rookie scale for straight out of high school, and then a graduated scale for staying in school each year. A player that stays a few years has a better rookie contract to compensate for losing a few years of earning potential.
I'm sure there are obvious reasons against this that some will point out, but I'm slightly buzzed and can't think of them right now.
