Here comes the nightmare situation

[mjp28]

I was speaking more from a college fan perspective.  I see your points.  It's still frustrating to see this kids leave so early all the time and the school penalize and the NCAA taking scholarships away from them.

Oh yeah, it seems no matter if it's pro, college, olympic, amateur the fan seems to have limited input.

However, yes this America but employers are allowed to set what prerequisites they want.  The NFL chooses to have a rule that due to the physical and mental demand on a players body that they require that their players be 3 years removed from high school graduation.  Some companies require 2 years experience or a 4 year degree.   I don't have a problem with rules like that.

Here's a thought, if a college says we're going to give a "prospect" a $40-100,000/year scholorship should there be an "understanding" the "prospect" will stay at least one year?

Problem is that it sounds (and legally probably is) like a contract to play.
Kind of ruins that pure college sport stuff.

[peber1971]

I agree that the players cannot be held accountable for taking the money, it's not as if most families can scoff at millions of dollars.  Who we can hold accountable is the system, and especially the NBA.  Until the league acknowledges the impact they're having on the college game we are going to have to deal with the fact that they are the center of the basketball universe.