Coach K rips NCAA on one-and-done

If the new rules serve to make the programs that don't pay money to college recruits and levels the playing field, I'm all for it. I don't feel sorry for Coach K, Duke and the rest of the current college basketball elite.
 
How about let's just go back to the old model, the one from the 50's? You know the one where all the athletes meet higher minimum entrance requirements, freshmen cannot participate, and the athlete must show progress toward graduation in order to play. OR

Colleges simply make Basketball an Academic Major and pay the Basketball Majors? Let's quit pretending this is an amateur sport.
 
The G League starts this coming summer a program where they will pay top high school talent $125,000 to go right to the G League rather than to college. There will be life lessons as well as a full time commitment to basketball.

Here's an article on this new program:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-prospects-not-wanting-go-one-done-route-ncaa

Then here is an article from last December where the #2 2019 5 star prospect commits to Duke. My thought at the time was why would a kid go to college when he could be getting $125k in the G League? I'll leave it up to your own thoughts as to why this might be.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...arey-commits-to-duke-over-michigan-state-unc/
 
Screw it. Let's just open pandora's box and pay the players. There is no coming back from this, but it will make everyone happy and all the problems will just go away.:)
 
tweeterhawk said:
Some fair points. But this comes across as a pampered coach worried he’s not going to get the same talent he currently does since top ballers will be able to go straight from high school to the NBA.

This won’t impact Hawkeye hoops much as Fran simply is not in on that level of player.

https://sports.yahoo.com/coach-k-ca...-004351154.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_11
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Coach K is whining because he'll have to come down to Earth and coach with a non-NBA loaded roster....just like everyone else. Heaven forbid his cheating ass not get every advantage to go along with Nike funneling players to him and ESPN running propaganda.
 
I don't see any NCAA model that pays College Basketball players. There'll be too many lawsuits from student athletes of other sports. Trust me, if there was any way the NCAA could have paid only the Men's basketball players...they would have done it years ago. But they can't.
 
Coach K tried to stick with the "traditional" approach, but being a #4 seed and being done by the first weekend wasn't good enough. It didn't live up to the very standard he created, so he had no choice, but to embrace the one and done. Unless Brad Stevens takes a shitload of money, he realizes Duke is probably heading toward irrelevance once he is done. Might as well try to fight it now.
 
Zstatman said:
The G League starts this coming summer a program where they will pay top high school talent $125,000 to go right to the G League rather than to college. There will be life lessons as well as a full time commitment to basketball.

Here's an article on this new program:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-prospects-not-wanting-go-one-done-route-ncaa

Then here is an article from last December where the #2 2019 5 star prospect commits to Duke. My thought at the time was why would a kid go to college when he could be getting $125k in the G League? I'll leave it up to your own thoughts as to why this might be.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...arey-commits-to-duke-over-michigan-state-unc/
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125k would be solid money, but they can take whatever Duke played, tack that on scholly money and make millions after 1 year. Yeah, I understand why some would 'suffer' through a year of college
 
THawk122 said:
125k would be solid money, but they can take whatever Duke played, tack that on scholly money and make millions after 1 year. Yeah, I understand why some would 'suffer' through a year of college
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If Creighton will pay 100k and a good job for a top player, then my guess is that 125k is a pay cut for Duke stars.
 
Zstatman said:
The G League starts this coming summer a program where they will pay top high school talent $125,000 to go right to the G League rather than to college. There will be life lessons as well as a full time commitment to basketball.

Here's an article on this new program:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-prospects-not-wanting-go-one-done-route-ncaa

Then here is an article from last December where the #2 2019 5 star prospect commits to Duke. My thought at the time was why would a kid go to college when he could be getting $125k in the G League? I'll leave it up to your own thoughts as to why this might be.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...arey-commits-to-duke-over-michigan-state-unc/
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To win an NCAA championship
 
I think because of Title IX they would have to pay all players the same across all sports. If they have to give an equal number of scholarships to men and women, I’m sure the pay would have to be equal as well. So that pretty much ensures that they aren’t paying players any time soon.
 
Coach K has been to 2 Final 4s in 16 years and only 1 since the one and done rule. Talk about doing less with more....
 
Denverhawk1 said:
I think because of Title IX they would have to pay all players the same across all sports. If they have to give an equal number of scholarships to men and women, I’m sure the pay would have to be equal as well. So that pretty much ensures that they aren’t paying players any time soon.
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Plus then it would be taxable income for student/athletes.
And IRS would love to get this stuff:
training room/health care/rehab
tutors
travel and lodging benefits
practice facilities
 
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