Stop "one and done" players for colleges

[cavalier65]

The top 40 college basketball teams are nothing more than minor league semi-pro teams for the NBA. Virtually the entire Kentucky team plus several from Duke declare for the draft. This speaks volumes for the farce that college basketball, let alone football, has become. When do college administrators standup and establish integrity to college sports? The student-athlete has become a joke that sets a poor example for the very people that need to see reality. In effect colleges are money-making machines the same as companies worldwide.:swear:

[blueash]

And if a college has a successful basketball program which leads the alumni to donate more to the school that money is used not just in the athletic program but to build classrooms, hire faculty, support research, give academic scholarships and all the other missions of a university. So yes, a winning basketball team financially helps the school, maybe more than Rhodes scholarships. So why shouldn't they raise money this way. And the athlete who is given a chance to display his skills and improve under a coach to the point he is NBA ready after one year... why shouldn't he leave? Staying in college will certainly increase his injury risk which could destroy any chance of being drafted. He can go back and get a degree later if that is important to him, but a blown out knee and it's over. Best example of good decision.. Greg Oden. The ability to one and done advantages the student as he can leave and pursue his career as can any other student. He doesn't owe the university or the fans or the integrity of the game anything. He played, played very well, and we wish him success in the NBA
Who are the "very people who need to see reality"

[Topspinmo]

Isn't that what college about making money" at least some " jocks" might get free education out of it. I think it's two way street. Some have NO attention graduating and using the collage for stepping stone. So not all the NCAA. Just wait when football and basketball get's invaded by foreign players taking all the scholarships like in tennis.
There lots of free rides in colleges some "jocks" that are lucky enough to get one small portion. The scholarship program it to attract best abilities regardless of the reason for profit for that college. Bottom line it's ALL aBout money.

[Polar Bear]

The evils of "money-making" again. These kids would be crazy to pass up a chance to be set for life...largely the goal of going to college. Why risk injury and losing it all in an instant.

[cavalier65]

It is naive to think that colleges should "hire" basketball players to raise money for various expenses. The monies are primarily used to enhance the athletic operations. It is analogous to fundraising companies/organizations/nonprofits that keep a majority of the funds for internal benefit.

It is also naive to think that the "one and done" players have any interest in education or the particular institution. A sham.

College athletics can be a lot of fun to watch. If One wants pro players then watch TV.:crap2:

[sunnyatlast]

The farce is in giving them "full scholarships" as if schoolwork and degree were higher than #3 and #4 on the list of priorities for being there.

When true "students" having the highest qualifications for admission as "students" don't even come close to getting a full scholarship that covers ALL their expenses, the ball-bouncing squad makes a mockery of true scholastic pursuit toward a degree.

Let's see the universities offer as many "full ride" scholarships to true "students" as they offer to the ball bouncers and throwers. Put their money where their mouth is when claiming the university is a scholastic mission.

[Polar Bear]

...It is also naive to think that the "one and done" players have any interest in education or the particular institution...
That is an insult to any who may not fit your blanket-statement stereotype.