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re: "One and done is killing college basketball"
Posted on 4/10/15 at 3:39 pm to piggilicious
Posted on 4/10/15 at 3:39 pm to piggilicious
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i would think the distance would sometimes be a deterrent too. going overseas for a guy just leaving the nest is a pretty big leap.
Happens in soccer all the time. Latin American kids with talent get called up all the way across the Atlantic to Europe at ages like 15 and 16.
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Posted on 4/10/15 at 3:44 pm to Lordofwrath88
well then i say let's give it a try in basketball. seriously, let them all go pro wherever the hell they want to- it would be fine with me.
i'd rather my team be full of college students playing college basketball anyway.
i'd rather my team be full of college students playing college basketball anyway.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 4:08 pm to Lordofwrath88
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Happens in soccer all the time. Latin American kids with talent get called up all the way across the Atlantic to Europe at ages like 15 and 16.
I agree that kids would do it if it became the norm.
However, I don't think there's anywhere nearly the framework in place anywhere for basketball as there is for soccer youth set-ups that are filled with foreign kids.
For soccer, it's already huge business to develop all these kids that bring in multi-millions when sold and they have special schools/housing/tutors etc in addition to coaches.
I'm really just going by Italy though since my friend's father coaches in AS Roma's youth basketball setup.
There's a world of difference between being a 17yo in Roma's soccer academy and their basketball academy.
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