Trizz vs. The One Year Rule

First and foremost...alalalalalalalalala i dont wanna hear anything about the the NBA alalalalalalalalala, okay i'm done now onto the topic...

One of the biggest controversies in the NBA is its new rule to make players wait one year before declaring for the NBA Draft. Why is it one year? Can one get a degree in a year? No. Does that one year in college really help improve star players? No. So what does it do? It gives the NCAA the ability to showcase these once in a lifetime players and milk in millions doing just that. What benefit does it serve the player? A lot of people say they get a free education, but bear in mind between practices and traveling with the team they barely find themselves in a lecture hall, what education are they getting. Not to mention, most people go to college to get a degree so they can get great careers, what's a better career than an NBA player.

The NBA thinks by keeping these high school prospects in a glass dome that nothing can get to them. Then we have people like O.J. Mayo who receive benefits while in college and suddenly a new can of worms regarding how much a player brings into a school and what he's getting out in return. Soon enough players are going to demand more and more for their services possibly corrupting one of the few pure sport organizations we have left.

While many feel what Mayo did was wrong but I wholeheartedly disagree. Mayo didn't demand these things in return for signing with USC, he did it the right way he went to a program that could use him and on the side agents trying to get ahead gave gifts trying to get a head start in grabbing a potential NBA star. Its like in "He Got Game" when the agent was offering Jesus a bunch of gifts and of course since it was a movie Jesus said no but behind closed doors, how many people would've honestly turn those things down. Bear in mind, most of these prospects are inner city youth, its not everyday they see 30 grand sitting in front of them so of course they take it.

Of course if there were harsher penalties, players would be more skeptical to accept lavish gifts from kind strangers. But also if there was no one year rule in the first place, then there would be no problem. There are plenty of student athletes who are students first athletes second, for instance Duke's roster has no high NBA prospects but good players who are willing to commit 3-4 years. Now these guys are becoming rarer because most teams bypass them for the big name all because the NBA wouldn't let them declare sooner.

There is no reason for it. Let them declare if they come in the league and fall on their face then its on them, its not the NBA's job to coddle these people. If they wanted to shield high schoolers for possibly ruining their lives, I have one better, don't allow high schoolers to hire agents, so then maybe after they don't make an NBA roster, they can go back to school. That would make a lot more sense, don't cha think...

What makes even less sense is that the NBA ALREADY HAS a minor league system yet they insist on using the NCAA as theirs, when they can make high schoolers spend some time in the NBDL, it could help bolster that league. Agents likely wouldn't bother them, and colleges can recruit players that actually want to be there. Its called a development league but instead the NBA is letting it become an organized pick up league for free agents.

The NBA may think their helping but it one year business is either going to end in one of these scenarios: A)Players are going to keep one and doning, collecting "gifts" along the way B)Players are going to demand more than a scholarship to play Both of these scenarios does not hurt the NBA, but the NCAA. So is it really worth holding these guys back from declaring early...I don't think so

JuTMSY4Hall of Famer

142 days ago

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Can one get a degree in a year? No.

Bullshit, i just got an e-mail that said i could earn my bacheelors in 6 months...

I also got an e-mail from the deposed King of Cambodia's son asking from my social and promising me 500k if I help him...anyone know anything about this?

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Pwinter713Varsity

142 days ago

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Go for it! FYI....it's much easier if you give him your bank account info so he can direct deposit it for you.

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Manny StilesAAA-er

142 days ago

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Tell him that out of odd coincidence you just happen to have $20 million sitting around that you don't need and you'll put it in HIS bank account if he just gives you the numbers!!!

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Oh No RomoDraft Pick

142 days ago

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I keep getting e-mails for impotence. I didn't even know I had impotence!

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ThecrookedcapMajor Leaguer

142 days ago

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I like the idea of sending HS players who go pro spend time in the NBDL - it gives them pro experience in a less pressured enviroment.

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False ProphetAll-Star

142 days ago

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The point is they get adapted to living on their own and being pampered moreso (campus stars, luxuries of traveling as a USC Basketball player, etc.). The NBADL is probably even lower level talent than the NCAA tournament.

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Taytay 24All-American

142 days ago

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The idea of using the NBDL sounds good, but isn't really practical. If the player is good enough to draft, they need to be on the NBA team. If they aren't good enough, leave them alone. There are only two rounds in the draft, and even the second round is largely useless. Teams can't afford to waste a pick on a player headed for development.

I agree about the one year rule, though. I prefer no rule or at least two years. One year is no-man's land. But I do think that even one year of college is useful, and it is not necessarily because of the classroom. The kid learns how to live more independently, develop socially, plus they learn a new system from a new (and presumably better) coach.

If nothing else, it gives the NBA more to scout when they are considering a player.

As for Mayo, I don't blame him. USC is responsible for this.

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ThecrookedcapMajor Leaguer

142 days ago

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If the second rounder is largely speculative, then why not use it on development?

The idea of allowing players to bypass college via the NBDL would be an option. They could still use the one-year college route, or spend time being a professional player with a salary.

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Taytay 24All-American

142 days ago

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It's not that the second rounder is speculative, it's that they suck. The NBA is not like other leagues, where players come out of nowhere to be stars. There aren't too many surprises in the NBA.
Suppose Beasley, Rose and Mayo all went straight from HS to the pros. Would they have played in the NBDL? Not a chance. They would have either gone early to a bad team and probably gotten a lot of playing time, or they would have gone later from a good team, played some, but largely learned by watching the veterans. Either way, they aren't in the developmental league. The type of player who would go there probably wouldn't make it to the NBA, at least not long term, just like it is right now anyway.

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Manny StilesAAA-er

142 days ago

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The one year rule is dumb. If a kid is good enough to vote and join the armed services at 18, why shouldn't he be allowed to make money playing basketball if he's good enough?

This is America.

Nobody bitches about child actorsm making the loot. And sure, plenty of them get facked up by the machinery of fame and stardom, too.

Point is, how many MORE kids are going to get screwed by waiting - and falling into shady crowds or suffering injuries - before the NBA realizes what it is doing is just attempting to save it's teams from themselves.

Eddie Griffin was no better off for one year of school than Leon Smith was for leaving before school, or Roy Tarpley or JR Rider was for having 4 years of college. Jeez, even Dennis Rodman has a college degree!

Sometimes people are stupid people and ruin opportunities due to a variety of reasons - maturity, self-control, stupidity, drugs - regardless of how long they went to school.Jeez, the NFL gets a different guy arrested every other week and virtually NONE of those guys stayed in school less than 3 years...

BTW, OJ Simpson

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IbeargRed-Shirting

142 days ago

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One year in college will not automatically make a player more mature... but i can't imagine it will hurt either. Mayo was taking gifts WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. the one and done rule had no effect on that.

The one and done rule can also help a guy like Paul Harris who while he may be plenty mature, his game was not. He came probably intending to do no more then a year college and instead will be there 3-4 years because he realized whoops my game isn't as good as i thought it was. So instead of sitting on a bench somewhere and dropping out of the league by now he's improved. by the time he comes to the NBA he'll be much better prepared and oh btw he'll have at least passed 2 and 1/2 3 years of college.

The rule needs some fixing, but i think it's also not devoid of merit.

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OvertheedgeVarsity

141 days ago

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is this like a court ruling or something?

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TrizzAll-American

141 days ago

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ah overtheedge and his corny one line comments...so refreshing...

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