Here's ESPN's Jay Williams Telling Players They Should Boycott The Final Four

Personally I say let them go pro if they can. 1 and done has killed college basketball. The overall product would be much better with 3/4 year players. If players are so stupid send them home. One year dent, novelty might actually boost ratings. And you think a single 2020 5* kid isn't grabbing his shot at UK or Duke?

Not feeling any tears well up for college athletes getting a free ride through college because they’ve been given talents to play a damn “GAME”. Get frickin serious. People bust their arse working low paying part time jobs, and putting themselves in financial debt just to get their hands on a diploma from a university and without paid tutors to assist them either, and because someone is blessed enough to be able to play a damn game and get a free ride through college, they think they should be paid to play the game as well? These people have truly lost their grip on reality. They’re not even on the same planet as most people anymore, and share little to none of the same struggles either. I’m done with this shite. Really I am. I couldn’t give two shits about these people anymore, and quite honest with you, I’d prefer we just get back to students playing the game instead of trying to make students out of people who’s only aspiration in life is to play the game. Truth be known, that is not at all what we founded colleges to be, farms for athletes who want to play it professionally. They are academic institutions, not athletic training grounds.

Bama must be boycotting the tourny with their recent games

Is this their solution?

Burn down college athletics

The NCAA and the power 5 conference schools should beat these whiney arse bitches to the punch and send every damn one of the home and tell them their scholarship has been revoked and they are no longer welcome on the campus. Let these pos that have been coddled their whole damn life get a job and work for a living.

You idiots that are crying about players and how awful life is for them need to be careful. Once you ruin these sports, you're not getting them back. They'll be ruined forever.

Sure, why not pay them. Then fire them if performance lags, etc., just like a real job. Also, since most schools are state schools, they'd have to abide by state government hiring practices - that will put a big ol' dent in ye olde talent pool, and the schools would love the discrimination suits filed by everyone who didn't make the team.

Ivy League schools don't give out athletic scholarships. You want to play? Do that on your own time.

yeah, work your whole life to reach a once and a lifetime goal, and boycott it once you get there. Shut you bitch mouth. You didnt to a fricking thing in the form of protest during your days, not you gonna sit on a perch and coax kids to do something and potentially harm their future for something you didnt have the balls to do? Coward arse bitch

Just sever the tether between the schools and the Athletic Departments. Let the conferences govern their Ads. Get rid of NCAA and Title IX restrictions.

If it's such a bad deal then why did they accept the scholarship in the first place? Go play over seas and get paid.

How would they feel if the University decided to boycott that scholarship check? Yes, they get a paycheck every month for their services. How do you think they pay for the tattoos and bad arse shoe game?

Jay may come across as a douche but his idea is not bad. These players are making big money for these schools while they receive none. Change is needed. I remember buying an LSU jersey back when PP7 was still here and laughing at how LSU was making money off his name. It is a joke.

I'm sick and tired of people constantly calling for boycotts, kneeling, gestures, etc. Everything is political now and everybody has to have their Rosa Parks moment.

Maybe they should boycott their conference tournaments. ESPN actually televises those games.

He should just stick to porking Charissa Thompson. It's a better gig.

let them go pro right out of high school. when 100,000 high school seniors declare, and 25 of them get drafted, they'll be begging for the final four..........but wait, they already declared. the baseball rule really needs to be adopted...draft first, then pick which option you want.

let them go pro right out of high school. when 100,000 high school seniors declare, and 25 of them get drafted, they'll be begging for the final four..........but wait, they already declared. the baseball rule really needs to be adopted...draft first, then pick which option you want.

Such a tired argument. These players get tuition, room, board, food, training, health care, a platform to show potential employers in their field of choice and in the alumni base their talents and work ethic. They leave college with zero debt (something most can't say as they are crippled with student loan payments in the hundreds or even thousands of dollars per month for 10-20 years). It's a ridiculous argument. The deal college athletes get is a good one. Not perfect, but not shitty either.