Clean wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:i wouldn't mind it - i'd rather the kids come into the league more polished, but i can understand how potential players wont like this at all.

I don't think it has anything to do with polish. This is to give the NCAA another year to milk these athletes for money. I can understand 19 year limit so we can see how these players do against better competition than in high school. The NCAA gets to milk them for 1 year and then they can make their own money. The NCAA makes soooooo much money and never gives the athletes any of it. The only way I would ever go for a wage increase is if the D league is turned into a real minor league. Where teams can gather young talent and develop them while paying them some money. The players should not count against the NBA teams roster either.

I wonder if this blows up on them though. Centralized systems eventually fail and I think we might see a plethora of talent leaving for Europe (or elsewhere) or a minor league system of sorts. I think the system will adjust itself. I like the idea of getting more mature kids whose body will be more ready but I don't want to take away another persons choice even more.

PresIke wrote:why does a player even have to be 18?

in pro sports around the world there are no such limits.

I'm not usually in favor of adding 'economic distortions' however in this case the NBA product has slipped noticeably since HSers started going pro. I don't care what's best for the players and I don't care about what's best for the NBA - I care what's best for me. Having players that are emotionally stable and have a mid range game is what's best for me, as opposed to, say, watching Michael Beasley self destruct

playa2 wrote:If the NBA wants a more polished product and there are minor leagues that actually exist and are available, why not invest in that league like they do in the PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL and the PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY .

The problem has been they are in bed with the NCAA who uses college football and basketball revenue to fill their bank accounts and also fund all the other sports programs at each perspective school.

When the National Basketball Association invest in the minor league systems thats when they will convinvce me they care about the product for the fans.

The only thing that motivates the NCAA is money, they don't care if the kids get an education degree or not.

How are they in bed with each other?

There is the D'league, there are clubs in europe who will take a talented mature kid.

What your saying is there should be a minor league for:

A kid who can't even make it for one sememster. Its not hard, take electives in the fall, then in the spring just go to class with tutors until the season is over by the first week in April.

Silver wants to "weed" out guys like Beas who can make it like that as they are not good investments. Beas could have gone to europe or the deleague. Even china.

Not everyone is "college material", but lets just say its a pretty low bar to climb to not make it into a school. Basically an illiterate player. Do you think the NBA wants to pay an 18 year old who can't function outside of high school and can't read millions of dollars? Think of these kids as "investments".

The NCAA is not their only choice. So how is the NBA in bed with the NCAA?

playa2 wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

PresIke wrote:why does a player even have to be 18?

in pro sports around the world there are no such limits.

I'm not usually in favor of adding 'economic distortions' however in this case the NBA product has slipped noticeably since HSers started going pro. I don't care what's best for the players and I don't care about what's best for the NBA - I care what's best for me. Having players that are emotionally stable and have a mid range game is what's best for me, as opposed to, say, watching Michael Beasley self destruct

Well if the corporation doesn't want to invest in a young man, don't draft him that's so simple.

The problem is they don't have a minor league affiliate to groom the kid to play for their respective franchise one day , why because the NCAA SAID THEY WILL DO IT AS LONG AS THEY CAN MAKE MILLIONS OFF THE KID, because it's no longer an amateur sport with all the revenue being taken in.

When was it?

playa2 wrote:Did someone not tell Naold he has been on ignore for months now, I keep seeing his name after my post. LOL

If somebody else asks it would you answer it? Then you can adhere to the "ignore" feature.

So if anyone else wants to ask the question, I suppose Playa2 will finally disclose how the NCAA is financially in bed with the NBA.