College Basketball is not college basketball anymore

[SwahiliSteve]

https://x.com/TiptonEdits/status/1980301832359469262?s=19

What kind of fuckery is this?

[Barton Fink]

Yeah, lot of chatter about this on X. Many are not pleased. Some of these European kids are playing in the equivalent type league overseas.

[SwahiliSteve]

What loophole is this because how does that one kid who had a fucking heart attack and had to sit out two years get the shaft and they tell him sorry ineligible but this fuck plays 3 years in g league and gets to go back and play college ball because well money is better? Fuck no

[BleedinRed]

What loophole is this because how does that one kid who had a fucking heart attack and had to sit out two years get the shaft and they tell him sorry ineligible but this fuck plays 3 years in g league and gets to go back and play college ball because well money is better? Fuck no

Per the Grok:

"Recent NCAA rule changes allow former G-League players like London Johnson to maintain eligibility if their pro compensation was limited to "actual and necessary expenses" (e.g., ~$40k/year for living/travel). If over, they repay the excess. Johnson fits this, with two years left, as he's within 5 years of high school grad and didn't enter NBA Draft. No loophole—just updated rules amid NIL shifts."

[rzrbkfan69]

What loophole is this because how does that one kid who had a fucking heart attack and had to sit out two years get the shaft and they tell him sorry ineligible but this fuck plays 3 years in g league and gets to go back and play college ball because well money is better? Fuck no

Per the Grok:

"Recent NCAA rule changes allow former G-League players like London Johnson to maintain eligibility if their pro compensation was limited to "actual and necessary expenses" (e.g., ~$40k/year for living/travel). If over, they repay the excess. Johnson fits this, with two years left, as he's within 5 years of high school grad and didn't enter NBA Draft. No loophole—just updated rules amid NIL shifts."

Also, G League Ignite is no more. Dissolved.

[egregious]

1 & dones did away with "college" basketball.

Take however many intro courses to stay eligible for 1 semester, play out the season and drop out before the end of the second semester.

College sports has been like boiling a frog.  If you just dropped in on them with no prior exposure you would wonder why all these pro minor league teams need a college attached to them. 

[Thin Red Swine]

1 & dones did away with "college" basketball.

Take however many intro courses to stay eligible for 1 semester, play out the season and drop out before the end of the second semester.

College sports has been like boiling a frog.  If you just dropped in on them with no prior exposure you would wonder why all these pro minor league teams need a college attached to them. 

As Seinfeld said, you're just rooting for clothing.

It's a good point, though. From a market standpoint, the quality is not different, but these are brand names with built-in distribution channels.

[Son of Spam]

Watching a little of Purdue/Kentucky. Both teams have some mens on them.

[obijuana]

1 & dones did away with "college" basketball.

Take however many intro courses to stay eligible for 1 semester, play out the season and drop out before the end of the second semester.

Do hired mercenaries even have to go to class? I'm not wasting my time researching it, but when was the last time a kid was ruled academically ineligible?

[Thin Red Swine]

Do hired mercenaries even have to go to class? I'm not wasting my time researching it, but when was the last time a kid was ruled academically ineligible?

I think like 1998.

[SwahiliSteve]

Louisville and Santa Clara have started a trend. Abdullah Ahmed is Now considering the move to college after two years in g league and considering three schools. This gonna be the demise of college ball unless ncaa steps in.

[BleedinRed]

Louisville and Santa Clara have started a trend. Abdullah Ahmed is Now considering the move to college after two years in g league and considering three schools. This gonna be the demise of college ball unless ncaa steps in.

The NCAA has explicitly approved of it.  Why would they step in?