Originally posted by bjf1984:
I said I wouldn't go through it again....because when I did wrt football I was smothered by idiots.
But - just once - I'll go over how easy it is (if the NCAA really cared about kids/education etc)...but I'm not going to get dragged into any further idiocy from the grandstands.
You simply look at how many kids get D1 scholarships each year....take the average over the last 4, 5 years, whatever you want.
You divide that by the number fo D1 basketball programs that are out there.
Lets say, for sake of argument, there are 780 kids getting D1 basketball scholarships per year, and 200 D1 programs.....so that's 3.9 per program. Round that up to 4. Now, each school gets 4 scholarships per year. Period.
So each year you have the exact same number of kids (you can even bump it up if you want to) getting scholarships.
If all your kids leave after 1 year....you get four the next year. If all the kids stay for 4 years...you get four the next year.....no matter what. 800 kids per year get scholarships, just as it was before. NOONE "looses" a scholarship.
The difference is that the Coach/Program who brings in a lot of 1 and done kids may find that they only have 8 or 9 scholarship players. The program were kids stay all four years may have 15, 16 on scholarship.
Shouldn't we want to incentize doing the "right thing" (bringing in true student athletes who want and value an education?).
Why should a coach/program that "does it the right way" and has players who stay 4-5 years and graduate be punished (only get 2-3 scholarships to give per year), and a school that runs through 1 year wonders be rewarded (by being able to give out 6 or 7 scholarships)? WTF is it thet we are trying to reward? It is completely MFing bass-ackwards - and all of the "fan" knuckleheads, all of the NCAA brass, and all of the overpaid gym teachers who SAY they want to respect the "student" part of the student athlete are either: dumb as a bag of hair...or full of hypocritical crap.
With an equal number to give for each program - every year - eventually, coaches will have to decide if a 1 and done kid is a better bet than a good player who actually wants to be a college student and get an education.....and hopefully will skew things towards taking the kid who will be a legitimate student. If what "we want" is to have more student athletes and fewer mercenaries....its a no-brainer.
The only way you don't have a system like that....and we don't....is if the powers that be in the NCAA DO NOT value student athletes - but instead prefer mercenaries. It ain't mother humping rocket science. It's clear that the NCAA and the overpaid gym teachers don't give a damn.
If anyone doesn't "get it"...they are either to conflicted - like the NCAA and the "Elite" (LMAO) Coaches - and don't give one damn about the "student" part of the student-athlete.......or they are too damn stupid to process a thought.
One decent person in charge could - in one day - largely solve this problem. The problem is.....not one MFer involved cares one lick about anything other than getting a bigger chunk of cash....or satisfying their personal, petty desires. That goes for the NCAA, the coaches (as a group), the fans (as a group), the media, the University Presidents (as a group), the players (as a group) etc etc etc.
It ain't rocket surgery.
Now...we will open the floor to the mouth-breathers.
This post was edited on 4/7 9:50 PM by bjf1984
This post was edited on 4/7 9:55 PM by bjf1984
This post was edited on 4/7 9:56 PM by bjf1984
