Falcon Rods Quick Note for Fathers Day

[Champ188]

1 hour ago, abkeenan said:

First off I would like to apologize for the complete hijack of this post. Didn't mean to derail it and starting talking college sports and whatnot.

But I would like to say that I wish the NCAA would require more than just one year of CBB under a kids belt before he can be a lottery pick in the NBA. It's a touchy subject as there are different rules and requirements from sport to sport and where do you draw the line? CBB is one year, college football is 3 years and baseball is 0 years and can be drafted after their senior year of high school. Not sure how the NCAA or NFL, NBA and MLB arrived at these decisions but I'm sure they are money driven like everything else. The one and done's really do suck and make it harder for the fans to really emotionally invest in a team with guys you have watched grow and develop in 3 or 4 years and bond as a team. Those types of teams are few and far between and fleeting with each and every year going forward.

Preach it, brother!

 

[vernon]

I say if you wanna go out of high school you should be able to go - just like baseball.  But once you sign that letter of intent to attend a D1 university you're committed for either two or three years.  I prefer three but anything's better than one.  Most of these guys never even attend class again after the first semester's over.  Ain't like they gotta take an eligibility slip to all their teachers every Friday to prove their eligible for the weekend (although that wouldn't be a bad idea either - worked for most of us in high school).  Once the season's over they're off to tryout camps, combines and high dollar trainers.  Student athlete alright.

The NBA ain't helpin' one bit since the colleges serve as their no cost minor leagues.  A full year to evaluate talent against top level competition free of charge.  Why should they change their rule?