themselves. These players are signing four year committments, playing maybe two of them, and bailing. The NBA/European money is too hard to turn down. College coaches in this day and time are really challenged to keep players for their full committment. Not saying I blame the players....the system stinks and is the whole problem. College basketball is losing its appeal and becoming more and more like the NBA.
College Basketball Players Care About One Thing...
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People would be less confused if we quit calling them "student athletes" and started calling them what they are. Underpaid employees.
the system is terrible all the way from the NBA down to AAU ball. basketball has become a me first sport and the notion of team ball has disappeared in large part. im a big duke hater, but this years title game was a rare sight. two well coached teams who found a way to get their players to put team over self, and it was a joy to watch. there were very few careless mistakes, few bad shots taken, they passed the ball around to find the open man, they played solid, fundamental defense, etc.
Really? Then how are they being pushed out of programs by the school/coaches?jbulldog said:
Perhaps they actually arent signing 4 year commitments and have to reup their agreement at the end of each year? Perhaps?
generally speaking if a player keeps his grades up and is not a problem player he will get a 4yr education.....free. He is given a place to live andall he wants to eat plus the education.The university is much more committed to the player than the player is to the university....in my ignorant, humble opinion. And IF the playerhappens to be as good as the two at KY this year you can be sure it is a 4 yr committment.
bymy conservative estimate their education....IF that is what theycome for.....is worth about $15,000 a year.Yes, I absolutely know all about the hours and hoursof practice and travel these"underpaid employees" are put through.Awe...I feel sooo sorry for them.Many of these guys are spoiled brats.....someare great guys....some are thugs. But they are most definitely not"underpaid employees".VinceVega70 said:
College basketball is filled with hypocrisy. Most of the better players are only there as a stepping stone to the NBA. College is a formality to them, and very few graduate. So a college scholarship, or 15K a year as you say, is less than they'd make flipping burgers. They bring in the bucks for the athletic department and in return get something they don't really want, money to go to school.<div>
</div><div>If everything were right, we'd expand the NBA developmental league, pay the kids to do what they do best, and quit calling them student-athletes. We'd return college basketball to college students and stop living a lie. Let the AAUs run seamlessly into the NBADL. </div><div>
</div><div>And for all the dollars they bring to the university (compared to the average scholarship student), our basketball players are much underpaid. </div>
</div><div>If everything were right, we'd expand the NBA developmental league, pay the kids to do what they do best, and quit calling them student-athletes. We'd return college basketball to college students and stop living a lie. Let the AAUs run seamlessly into the NBADL. </div><div>
</div><div>And for all the dollars they bring to the university (compared to the average scholarship student), our basketball players are much underpaid. </div>
Speaking of UK, take a look at whowas pushed out of the program when Calipari oversigned this past season. Take a look atif they were a problem child or couldnt keep their grades up.jbulldog said:
AJ Stewart was forced out and ended at TX State
Matt Pilgrim was forced out(after sitting there to redshirt) and ended at OK State(and was able to play right away because he won an appeal saying he was forced to leave)
Jared Carter was forced out, could have played 1 more season
Donald Williams was forced out, went to JUCO, and will now be at OM?
Kevin Galloway was forced out, sat a year at TX Southern( i think?) and will get to play his last year there.
All were forced out of the program to make room fordifferent/better talent. Heck, they actually could have kept one of these guys and stayed within the scholarship limit.