{"id":966,"date":"2013-11-15T00:02:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/?p=966"},"modified":"2013-11-15T00:02:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:02:51","slug":"stop-all-the-pretense-of-the-one-and-done-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/?p=966","title":{"rendered":"Stop all the pretense of the one-and-done player"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Terry<\/a><\/p>\n

Terry Mosher<\/p>\n

Something has to be done to solve the one-and-done phenomena. It\u2019s plain stupid and is not in the best interest of the basketball player or the university that he pretends to attend.<\/p>\n

C\u2019mon, this isn\u2019t right.<\/p>\n

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 \u2013 Duke\u2019s Jabari Parker, Kansas\u2019 Andrew Wiggins and Kentucky\u2019s Julius Randle, all whom are predicted to be a top lottery pick in the next NBA draft.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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?<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

If you say you would, I think you are lying. I know I wouldn\u2019t. I\u2019d sleep in on most of my classes, and just do enough to stay academically eligible to play basketball. And I\u2019m thinking there aren\u2019t many professors who would dare flunk me, so I probably could get away not attending class very often.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a huge joke, it really is, to expect these one-and-done guys to be students.<\/p>\n

\"AndrewWiggins_display_image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrew Wiggins<\/p>\n

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I say do away with the one-and-done rule. Let high school students with the ability – like Parker, Wiggins and Randle \u2013 go directly from high school to the NBA. Let\u2019s get rid of the all the pretense that these guys want or need a higher education.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s stop pretending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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