APR, Infractions, agents and such

[MADXSTER]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3448987

Excellent article. If you have a few minutes, it's a good read.

Hewitt's also not a fan of the "one-and-done" rule that forces NBA aspirants to attend at least one of year of college before becoming draft eligible. Hewitt likes the baseball model: High school students can declare for the draft, but they have to stay in school for three years if they go the college route.

[wkrq59]

The whole thing seems like an exercise in hypocrisy to me. Especially the guy on the committee for enforcement. The little guys get clobbered for violations and the big boys who can hire the top lawyers with NCAA connections (See Arkansas, UC, Ohio State, Indiana and yet to come) skate with wrist slaps and a "Go and sin no more."
I, too would like to see the NCAA tell the NBA to attempt self-copulation. Simply institute a rule that says once a player accepts a grant-in-aid or what's loosely called a scholarship, he signs a four-year contract which binds him to the school and the school to him. In the case of junior college transfers, the contract is for two years, same way. The only was the contract can be broken is by appeal to a special (small) faculty committee or student faculty committee at the school and then only for purposes of transferring to another school. The coach and the student must agree to the transfer, too.
All this will be meaningless unless the NCAA gets more control of the AAU summer and off-season camps and teams and unless the coaches are allowed to not only contact the students over the summer but check on their academic progress since most take summer courses, and check on their open-gym workouts.
Colleges have to stop being a dumping ground for the one-and-dones. Let's face some simple facts. College is not for everyone. If you're a high school senior with exceptional ability and you truly have pro talent, let the damned NBA and its Players Assn. fund a minor league program as baseball does and pay the players in its system. No ifs ands or buts. No more free rides for the NBA. There will be a lot of howling by the coaches who see the one-and-dones as their only chance to win a national title, but that's too damned bad.
Yes, there will be the kid from a poor family who wants an education and agrees to the four-year contract only to find he can't afford to continue even though he is eligible and on track to get his degree. That's what a review board is for.
Until the colleges tell the NBA bye bye, and mean it, the same crap will continue and get worse.
What coach wouldn't trade a one-year wonder for a national championship? Any coach who isn't given the chance.:D

[MADXSTER]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3454157

Q, here's another article regarding Branden Jennings' eligibilty at Arizona. If he's not eligible he'll go overseas or play in the NBA D-League.

[waggy]

I read on the blog linked to the X vs. Duke thread that coach K feels that the minimum should be 2 years instead of 1. And that classsroom performance must be maintained.