NCAA Basketball

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by Storm Cadet

I would much rather watch college hoops where athletes play for the name on the front instead of the name on their back....Stephan Marbury anyone???

You have got to be kidding me on this one. Gordon from IU, the guard down in Memphis and list goes on and on...these kids are playing for themself. They want to be the #1 pick in the NBA. You are delusional if you think these kids are playing for their school.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by whodey17

You have got to be kidding me on this one. Gordon from IU, the guard down in Memphis and list goes on and on...these kids are playing for themself. They want to be the #1 pick in the NBA. You are delusional if you think these kids are playing for their school.

This much is very true. Most of the top five or six freshmen this year are only in college now because of the NBA rule requiring them to go for at least one year. Same was the case with Kevin Durant and Greg Oden last year. Living here in Los Angeles, we benefit by getting Kevin Love at UCLA and O.J. Mayo at USC for a one year NBA tryout. That's all this is. If you want to believe that they are playing for their school and not to showcase their own talents, I'd like to sell you some oceanfront property.......in downtown Phoenix. What's even more ridiculous is that many people still want to refer to those kids as student athletes. This is a very silly rule, IMO. These kids don't even have to go to class AT ALL during the second half of the school year. As long as they maintain their elegibility through the first semester, they are elegible for the second, at which point they can stop going to class. They have to remain enrolled but they don't have to show up for a single class since maintaining their elegibility for the next season is a moot point.

I will grant you that the majority of players are playing for the team. But the top couple of players at most of the major programs are playing to showcase themselves.

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

This much is very true. Most of the top five or six freshmen this year are only in college now because of the NBA rule requiring them to go for at least one year. Same was the case with Kevin Durant and Greg Oden last year. Living here in Los Angeles, we benefit by getting Kevin Love at UCLA and O.J. Mayo at USC for a one year NBA tryout. That's all this is. If you want to believe that they are playing for their school and not to showcase their own talents, I'd like to sell you some oceanfront property.......in downtown Phoenix. What's even more ridiculous is that many people still want to refer to those kids as student athletes. This is a very silly rule, IMO. These kids don't even have to go to class AT ALL during the second half of the school year. As long as they maintain their elegibility through the first semester, they are elegible for the second, at which point they can stop going to class. They have to remain enrolled but they don't have to show up for a single class since maintaining their elegibility for the next season is a moot point.

I will grant you that the majority of players are playing for the team. But the top couple of players at most of the major programs are playing to showcase themselves.

Only reason why Mayo wanted to go to USC is because he wanted to play b-ball in a large market so he can used to playing in a large market. He also wanted to get a head start on some endorsement deals.

[Storm Cadet]

Originally Posted by whodey17

You have got to be kidding me on this one. Gordon from IU, the guard down in Memphis and list goes on and on...these kids are playing for themself. They want to be the #1 pick in the NBA. You are delusional if you think these kids are playing for their school.

Yeah and kids in high school are playing to get the schollie to college to show the skills to get to the pros...thats the way its always been.