Can college basketball be fixed?

[Hanmudog]

As I was watching last nights game, I could not help but think how could we would be if Woodard, Perry, and even Nick Weatherspoon were still at State. That team would probably be our best since our last team to win the SEC title.

Unfortunately, I also started thinking about the possibility of Molinar and Stewart leaving after this season and having to start all over again next year.

The constant turnover of players and lack of polished upper classmen just makes it very difficult to really get into men's basketball these days. I think this is one of the reasons (besides winning) that makes the womens team and our baseball team so popular is that we get to know them over 4 years in most cases unlike the men who have one good season and split to play in Romania or Siberia. Any chance of the NCAA ever imposing a rule about players leaving early like college baseball?

 

[Duke Humphrey]

I think the first place to start is the NBA removing the barrier of going straight from HS to the league.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

1. make lane same dimensions as NBA
2. Go to Quarters instead of halfs and reset team fouls at the beginning of each Qtr like WBB.
3. Penalize the teams that heavily recruit the one and done players .... if they have a player that leaves after 1 year, they lose that scholarship the following year....

 

[dorndawg]

The only way it gets "fixed" is to do away with the charade of amateurism and at least somewhat match the financial benefits of playing in Romania or Siberia or whatever. The only way I can reasonably see that happening is some sort of partnership with the NBA.

 

[Russ Wheeler]

I like the NCAA baseball rules too, but that's not an NCAA rule, that's an MLB rule. So you need to look to the NBA for resolution there. In my opinion, players should be able to go pro immediately at 18 or after high school, rather than 19. Then if you go to school, it should be 21 or your junior year, like baseball.

I'd like to see the same for football too, though I'll admit that they need to be more mature to play pro football. Make it just be 20 years old, so sophomores are eligible, that way the absolute best guys like Tua, Lawrence, Clowney, Lattimore, Fournette, etc., don't risk injury for nothing.

You can always go JUCO and get there faster if you're a sure thing, like many do. Probably still wouldn't work for football, which is 'pay for play' is such a big deal for them - college is the only route.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

You need a legitimate Minor League program for all pro sports. Then make College Sports amateur only. Students first-Athletes second.

Fixed!

 

[maroonmania]

You need a legitimate Minor League program for all pro sports. Then make College Sports amateur only. Students first-Athletes second.

Fixed!

Amen. I wish every college sport was like college baseball as far as having the minor league option coming out of high school. Would eliminate most of the issues with college athletics first and foremost being the rampant cheating in recruiting. Athletes that are wanting to go play for money out of HS would have that option. Of course a lot of the SEC schools are probably paying HS recruits a lot more than a minor league could pay.

 

[The Usual Suspect]

Move 3 pt line to pro length, to make it mean something. Hopefully bring back some inside and mid-range game.

 

[DawgInThe256]

This is the probably the best available solution, and at least in the NBA the first step happens in 2022

https://sports.yahoo.com/why-the-2022-nba-draft-will-be-generationally-loaded-022747270.html

 

[catvet]

It can't be fixed because the NBA has destroyed the game.

 

[Russ Wheeler]

This is the probably the best available solution, and at least in the NBA the first step happens in 2022

https://sports.yahoo.com/why-the-2022-nba-draft-will-be-generationally-loaded-022747270.html

Aww heck, well there you go. I didn't know that was happening. Good news.

I'd much rather have players go pro whenever than have them be one and done.

 

[The Peeper]

Don't forget the AAU leeches and their panhandling

 

[mstateglfr]

Is it broken?...or are you and others just longing for the inevitability of change to somehow not affect college basketball?

What you are lamenting, players leaving college to turn pro early, is hardly new. It's been around for decades.
College is a place to prepare you for success as an adult, often in a specific field initially, but sometimes in general. If student athletes are ready to earn a living after 2 years at college, then so be it. Its no different from thousands of others who attend college- not everyone finishes in 4 concurrent years. Hell, many don't fit that narrative actually.





As it is, a talented recruit(so someone who has a high chance of leaving early) neednt attend college. They can play in the g league. They can play in any number of overseas leagues specifically the NBL in Australia which created incentives for talented HS kids. They can do the new NBA development route that was established a little over a year ago.

Oh, and whoever suggested penalizing a school because a player leaves early- you need to evaluate your critical thinking skills because the can of **** that would open is big.

 

[blackjackdog3]

It’s a dying sport. The NBA is a dying league in the United States. The powers that be realize there is no way to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

 

[mstateglfr]

It’s a dying sport. The NBA is a dying league in the United States. The powers that be realize there is no way to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

League revenue has doubled since 2012.
And US viewership is the same now(prior full season) as 2005.

It may be dying, but its making good money while a lot of people watch it die

 

[wdawg44]

If they would go back to not calling 60 fouls a game that would go along way for me.

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

League revenue has doubled since 2012.
And US viewership is the same now(prior full season) as 2005.

It may be dying, but its making good money while a lot of people watch it die

CHYnah is what it’s called - reason these gutless snowflakes are muzzled

 

[paindonthurt_]

How though?
Where does that money come from?

 

[mstateglfr]

CHYnah is what it’s called - reason these gutless snowflakes are muzzled

Yes, revenue has climbed in part due to expansion. Also due to domestic(that means US) television rights.

I included the stat about stable US(domestic) viewership since it was claimed the sport is dying in the US.

 

[Apoplectic_Objurgator]

Yes, revenue has climbed in part due to expansion. Also due to domestic(that means US) television rights.

I included the stat about stable US(domestic) viewership since it was claimed the sport is dying in the US.

The sport is dead in the US