In cases like this that makes the NCAAA look like a joke. The "student athlete" barely spent two semesters at Kentucky before turning professional, and their worried about if he got a C instead of an A in a night class in high school. What difference does it make? Everybody knows he was there to play basketball for one season, why put on this farce. The NCAA, Kentucky, CBS or the American Consumer could care less about this dudes college education. -- Duquesne Dukes Basketball Forum

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Date Posted: Thursday, September 16, 03:51:04pm
Author: DuHope
Subject: In cases like this that makes the NCAAA look like a joke. The "student athlete" barely spent two semesters at Kentucky before turning professional, and their worried about if he got a C instead of an A in a night class in high school. What difference does it make? Everybody knows he was there to play basketball for one season, why put on this farce. The NCAA, Kentucky, CBS or the American Consumer could care less about this dudes college education.
In reply to: CLK 's message, "Another one for Calipari to explain" on Thursday, September 16, 01:16:06pm

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I generally agree with the sentiment of your post "DU hope" but with a slimy character like Cal. you get him in any manner possible. The current situation benefits the NBA by giving the best freshmen a year of notoriety on a big stage; probably puts extra bucks in the pockets of a player like John Wall; who benefitted from tthe pubulicity at UK; and the slimy coaches like Cal; who can reload annually with semi professional players. (NT) -- Jules, Thursday, September 16, 04:49:30pm

The "one and done" rule is a bunch of nonsense that benefits the big name schools. If a kid is NBA ready after high school, let him go the NBA Sidney Crosby and Mario were in the NHL at 18, and I heard no complaints. Do it like baseball. If you go to college, you can't come out for 3 years. (NT) -- duq81, Thursday, September 16, 08:03:18pm

I actually don't have a problem with the 1-year rule. The cream of the crop flows through the factories like Kentucky, but good players who want a degree go elsewhere. Butler was a great example this year. (NT) -- El Duque, Thursday, September 16, 08:49:03pm
- What? -- Edrick, Sunday, September 19, 08:45:09am
  - Edrick, do you have a problem reading or comprehending what you read? The discussion is about the rule that permits kids to play a year and leave school. I used Butler as an example of a program that gets kids for four years, and is able to build a "program," as opposed to a system like Calipari's, which feeds off kids with NBA talent and dreams. That was the essence of my post. (NT) -- El Duque, Sunday, September 19, 09:28:46am

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