Adam Silver is Changing his Tune on the One-and-Done Rule
“We all agreed we need to make a change,” Silver said, speaking on behalf of the owners and the players' union. “It’s one of those issues we need to come together and study. … My sense is, It’s not working for anyone.”
It's worked pretty well for Kentucky. Silver used some other well-phrased language in a pre-Finals press conference to justify his reasoning.“It’s not working, certainly from the college coaches and athletic directors I hear from,” Silver said. “They’re not happy with the current system. And I know our teams aren’t happy, either, in part because they don’t necessarily think that the players are coming into the league are getting the kind of training that they would expect to see among the top draft picks in the league.”
"Even the so-called one-and-done players, I don't think it's fair to characterize them as going to one year of school," Silver said Wednesday. "What's happening now, even at the best schools, they enroll in those universities -- some great universities -- and they attend those universities until either they don't make the tournament, and the last game therefore of their freshman season, or to whenever they lose or win in the NCAA Tournament, that becomes their last day. So in essence it's a half-and-done, in a way."
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