One and Dones

[slh1089]

Okay. I can see that I guess lol. I thought you just..decided it one day. And I bet your parents give you crap when you rock the UK blue clothes huh

Well when Saturdays come around I am wearing orange; so they don't have too much of a problem with it.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Haha well both my parents went to UT and that is how I was raised. Moved to Kentucky so UK became the most viable option for college. I will never pull for UK over UT but otherwise I am pulling for UK and follow their sports pretty closely (not as closely as UT). It's hard not to support the university that you attend.

This include basketball?

I still don't see how you can even have UK as a secondary team. Even if I moved to Lexington I'd never root for UK.

 

[vols-1]

I don't see much difference between one and done and turning pro. I rather see an athlete turn pro than waste one semester on basket weaving classes.

 

[slh1089]

This include basketball?

I still don't see how you can even have UK as a secondary team. Even if I moved to Lexington I'd never root for UK.

Even in basketball. I have worn orange in the student section at both football and basketball games against UK. My friends just do not acknowledge me game day when UT comes into town. Any day after that they accept me as a UK fan. Growing up they were never a rivalry because we always destroyed them in football and they always had the basketball edge. That is why it wasn't too hard for me at least, and I have lived in Kentucky since around 2001

 

[slh1089]

I don't see much difference between one and done and turning pro. I rather see an athlete turn pro than waste one semester on basket weaving classes.

At least the NCAA has those talents for one year. Also, people that felt like they could go pro are forced to go to NCAA and find out they weren't ready on occasion. That is the only positive I see in it. Still think it should be the individuals choice to go to the NBA out of high school or not.

 

[milohimself]

Nothing will perfectly solve the issue, but the baseball rule is better than the rule currently put in place for basketball.

Ditto. I think an MLB-style rule would be great. Especially since the NBA already has a functioning "scout" league.

My beef is more in line with the traditional argument, namely, why should a HS kid good enough to play in the NBA be denied a shot? There are a handful of kids every year good enough when they're 18 to play in the NBA. It's not like the NFL, where the players need to keep developing for another three or four years just to have a chance.

Also, taking scholarship money, wherever it may come from and giving it to a kid who is only going to work just hard enough to stay academically eligible for two terms then bolt makes a bit of a mockery of education.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Ditto. I think an MLB-style rule would be great. Especially since the NBA already has a functioning "scout" league.

My beef is more in line with the traditional argument, namely, why should a HS kid good enough to play in the NBA be denied a shot? There are a handful of kids every year good enough when they're 18 to play in the NBA. It's not like the NFL, where the players need to keep developing for another three or four years just to have a chance.

Also, taking scholarship money, wherever it may come from and giving it to a kid who is only going to work just hard enough to stay academically eligible for two terms then bolt makes a bit of a mockery of education.

I agree with all of this

 

[slh1089]

Ditto. I think an MLB-style rule would be great. Especially since the NBA already has a functioning "scout" league.

My beef is more in line with the traditional argument, namely, why should a HS kid good enough to play in the NBA be denied a shot? There are a handful of kids every year good enough when they're 18 to play in the NBA. It's not like the NFL, where the players need to keep developing for another three or four years just to have a chance.

Also, taking scholarship money, wherever it may come from and giving it to a kid who is only going to work just hard enough to stay academically eligible for two terms then bolt makes a bit of a mockery of education.

Spot on