Terry Mosher
Something has to be done to solve the one-and-done phenomena. It’s plain stupid and is not in the best interest of the basketball player or the university that he pretends to attend.
C’mon, this isn’t right.
When Kentucky and Duke and Kansas all played Tuesday night (Nov. 12) in the State Farm Champions Classic in Chicago, most of the attention was directed upon several freshmen – Duke’s Jabari Parker, Kansas’ Andrew Wiggins and Kentucky’s Julius Randle, all whom are predicted to be a top lottery pick in the next NBA draft.
It’s a joke, guys, that these freshman are college students. They know, I know, and you know, they will play this season and only this season and then get rewarded with millions of dollars as they enter the NBA.
Think about this: If you or I knew that we had to play just this one season and then we would be rich beyond our dreams, would you or I go to class with the actual intent on learning anything?
No.
If you say you would, I think you are lying. I know I wouldn’t. I’d sleep in on most of my classes, and just do enough to stay academically eligible to play basketball. And I’m thinking there aren’t many professors who would dare flunk me, so I probably could get away not attending class very often.
It’s a huge joke, it really is, to expect these one-and-done guys to be students.
Andrew Wiggins
I say do away with the one-and-done rule. Let high school students with the ability – like Parker, Wiggins and Randle – go directly from high school to the NBA. Let’s get rid of the all the pretense that these guys want or need a higher education.
Let’s stop pretending.