College basketball Recruiting issues (my solutions)

tmz.com
rick patino

sportingnews.com
rick patino

I’ve grown tired of the scandals in college sports. I’m also tired of seeing scholarships wasted along with teams having to rebuild the next year. I think it would be nice to see the collegiate players play until their senior year or in a proposal that I have at least get them to the junior year and make a decision from there as far there future: NBA draft or finish their collegiate career.

To stop the corruption in college basketball, I would suggest a true commitment in which the student agrees to take a scholarship and play for the school a minimum of THREE years. How you may ask? Check this out:

If the student signs with a school, he has to be there for three years and should he break the deal, he forfeits not only his college eligibility, but his professional chances as well. The athlete would have to sit out the remainder of college years (example left sophomore year, so ONE year before he can sign with a NBA team) along with being excluded from the NBA draft.

thesportsquotient.com

This will weed out those that are truly in it for going pro which I understand. For those that want to go pro, allow them to go to the G league and play for a year or two, then select them in the draft:

If the player commits, this will also give colleges the opportunity to build a contending team and not have to worry about recruiting and taking the wrong approach just to get a kid for only One year. This allows for better fan support and booster support and keeps the college recruiting a lot cleaner.

This benefits the young player too. Rather than waste a years of time at a college that he wasn’t interested in the first place, he can play and get paid for playing in the G league and perfect his skills.

This is also beneficial to the college student and the game too. There are a lot of great kids that get overlooked because they weren’t necessarily that “GUY” coming out of high school, however I would say with time and development; this would be your team star along with having him grow at least until his junior year. He may go onto his senior year as well because again, these are the students that don’t have the NBA completely on their minds. They are here for an educational opportunity with a chance at becoming pro should that be their ultimate desire.

Unfortunately, a lot of the kids that go to these colleges come from poor background, and they are looking for every financial opportunity they can. I can’t blame them, as they bring a lot of money to their prospective college, however we know there is a rule in play for this, which unfortunately sucks. 

College coaches and staff are under pressure to win and get the best players they can to win. The only problem is it comes with a harsh cost.

So to fix it, let’s just do it the right way the first time.

No more scandals with recruiting and programs can be cleanly ran. 

ncaa.org

by: Simon Fennix 

original 1/1/18