Other options still remain - NAIA for example. International options as well.
 

By that logic then so would the current requirement

 

Exactly. If there was any legal issues, an age limit of 19 (current) or 21 (hypothetical) would face the same scrutiny, and obviously the 19 passed muster. I think an age limit like NFL (3 years removed from HS) is fair, as it keeps people in college.

It just seems ironic that Cuban is complaining about a situation that is a product of the NBA (their age limit forced the "one and done" scenario). But so long as it exists, it's in their better business interests to try and push guys into the D league instead of college.

I was in Chicago this weekend talking to some friends taht are teaching in the CPS. Even though they are in Music Education they all had some input and insight into what goes on in the buildings and had some conversational input regarding this situation. 

Of COurse.... now....Jesse Jackson is involved and I do not get a good feel  what is more important....the kids getting to play Tuesday, the education they did not actually get, the absolution of the kids who did not do enough to pass their classes or the "disappointment and embarrassment" of having the championship taken from them. 

Interesting that the IHSA standards for participation are lower than the CPS standards. 

IN the end if you gave each of these kids money to guarantee an education  if hoops did not work out ....what do you really think would happen to them long term.? The same kids who could not achieve a 2.0 to get eligible? Come back in 10 years and let me know.....because I have about 4 decades of  a couple of hundred guys that were equal to or better than Alan Leavell or Bonzi Wells I can introduce you to  in the parks and playgrounds that says guaranteed money will not make a difference in more than a number of guys that I can count on one hand. 

Best comment  I heard this weekend was ..."everything it took the CPS years to accomplish in getting a kid  to a point of ineligibility Bill Self got wiped out in a day"

 

But that's not the decision point for me.  I want to see the best players in college ball--even if just for a year.  This would ruin that.  Health and wealth is of the NBA is not a concern to me.  The pro game can take care of itself.  Leave a little something for college fan.



 

That is what fuels the fire. Kansas and Kentucky fans lead the way providing funds for housing that skirts the NCAA rules in order to attract those Burger boys and lottery hopefuls for a year. 

I appreciate the desire for a fan to want the best of the best in college ball but the game is not really better when they are here and not any less in the years that kids could leave early ..... I think seeing a tourney of teams that play together and win is just as entertaining. Built as teams with continuity like VCU, Gonzaga, Butler, WIchita State. I would find Kansas, NC, Kentucky with 4 year players just as entertaining and still  full of guys that are going to the league. The fact that I did not get to see Garnett, LeBron, Jermaine O Neill or Kobe in a University Uni does not make the NCAA game any less of a product for me. 

Cuban has an idea for guys who are not college bound. Good for him. IT is a good one and has merit.....and addresses the hypocrisy in basketball right now. 

 

Cutting through all the figures on that pdf

It comes down to this quote



Looks to me like D would be a passing grade for the OHSAA. 

INteresting disclaimer at the bottow that may be indeed the CPS situation also....but...in many HS their standards would preclude participation by those athletes not meeting their standards. Same with discipline it is arbitrary and school specific.

WHy not:? 

Track it for 5 years and find out how many of those cut actually go to class and how many finish. WHy not? 

Just get those kids who are not going to be graduating from the school they played for and have no intention of graduating out of the system. Why not? 

Just curious as to why you feel compelled to send them to the HIGHEST COST public school? Is there a rationale there as opposed to getting them into a public college that may have a degree they want or a social setting that appeals to them? or a place that is close to where they actually live or have a support system?  

What you do to take care of kids who decide hoops are more important than school is cool with me. WHy not>? Put it on the pros and get them out of the system and get the sham out of college sports. Why not>? 



 

HOw many of these guys coming out of HS could you have not lived without seeing in the NCAA? Mayo, Walker, Beasley  and Bayless were very outspoken about their disdain for having to play a year in college . As seen below HS was not Beasley's cup of tea and he continues to reflect his dedication to life long learning by his actions on and off the court. 

.Beasley attended a total of six high schools: Bowie High School in Bowie, Maryland, National Christian Academy in Fort Washington, Maryland, The Pendleton School in Bradenton, Florida, Riverdale Baptist School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland,Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, and Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.^[5] As a high school senior he averaged 28 points and 16 rebounds per game.^[5] 

WOuld be interesting to see Mayo, Walker, Beasley and Rose's academic record in both HS and college. They will not need to ever go back to school for sure...Love and Gordon were reportedly great students. Rose continues to take hits on his academic history



Not to digress too far from the subject at hand but this article is a good read for anyone who does not understand how money drives the bus in basketball from an early age and addresses Monroe's hard choice assertion. Milchael Beasly attended a few HS. I am not sure he learned ONE thing from any of them.