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re: Sports Illustrated laying into Sankey
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:57 am to wm72
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:57 am to wm72
quote:Yes, but the Bediako case is completely different than those unique individual cases. The NCAA has been consistent and clear that a player leaving college, agreeing to waive further eligibility by staying in the draft, returning years later is not allowed. The Baylor kid never played college ball and never signed NBA contracts.
To consider "most" players misses the point since the point is how the exceptions the NCAA has been making in unique individual cases don't have a consistent logic.
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:57 am to lsufball19
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I'm sure the New England Patriots fans are pissed they had an easier path to the Super Bowl and didn't have more meaningful competitive games this year
I missed where they played little sisters of the poor or western north turkeys high?
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:02 pm to au4you
I am against the Baylor kid fwiw.
The NCAA should not have let the Baylor kid in.
An NBA team drafted the Baylor kid in a "draft and stash." A very popular tactic of securing foreign talent rights by drafting him but allowing the kid to continue to play overseas while he develops without said player affecting the NBA payroll.
So to be clear I cant remember where NNaji got traded to but some NBA team still owns his rights. NCAA should have punted him.
The NCAA should not have let the Baylor kid in.
An NBA team drafted the Baylor kid in a "draft and stash." A very popular tactic of securing foreign talent rights by drafting him but allowing the kid to continue to play overseas while he develops without said player affecting the NBA payroll.
So to be clear I cant remember where NNaji got traded to but some NBA team still owns his rights. NCAA should have punted him.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:08 pm to jangalang
quote:I think it’s bullshite as well. But at least the kid never played college ball or signed NBA contracts. Bama is taking this a mile further than that situation. Again, in the middle of a season where other teams aren’t able to take advantage of this new “rule.”
I am against the Baylor kid fwiw. The NCAA should not have let the Baylor kid in. An NBA team drafted the Baylor kid in a "draft and stash." A very popular tactic of securing foreign talent rights by drafting him but allowing the kid to continue to play overseas while he develops without said player affecting the NBA payroll. So to be clear I cant remember where NNaji got traded to but some NBA team still owns his rights. NCAA should have punted him.
This post was edited on 1/28/26 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:10 pm to truth22
Sankey.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:14 pm to au4you
The thing is the Nnaji kid opening up the door to a whole slew of 2nd round draft picks going to college instead of overseas.
That invites interest from the NBA GMs into "placing" kids onto college teams that "fit" their system or whatever.
The whole "never signed a contract" jargon is kinda irrelevant. He was never offered a contract because it was intended for him to finish his Europro contract. If the NBA owns the player he should not be in college
That invites interest from the NBA GMs into "placing" kids onto college teams that "fit" their system or whatever.
The whole "never signed a contract" jargon is kinda irrelevant. He was never offered a contract because it was intended for him to finish his Europro contract. If the NBA owns the player he should not be in college
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:15 pm to HailToTheChiz
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I missed where they played little sisters of the poor or western north turkeys high?
you missed the point too.
Fans don't give a shite what their path looked like when they're playing for titles. The only fans that care about that are those who missed a shot playing for a title and complain about their SOS compared to another team who got in. I guess if you care more about playing a victim and your ego online, sure that SOS is really important. But every team is playing for one thing...to get in the playoffs. Losing more games while playing a harder schedule isn't going to make anyone happier ultimately if they miss the CFP, whether you care to acknowledge it or not. By adding an additional SEC game and requiring at least one P4 OOC game, this conference assured all its members of a harder road to the ultimate prize than any other conference.
This post was edited on 1/28/26 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:19 pm to au4you
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Yes, but the Bediako case is completely different than those unique individual cases. The NCAA has been consistent and clear that a player leaving college, agreeing to waive further eligibility by staying in the draft, returning years later is not allowed.
You also used to have to sit out a year if you transferred. Yet here we are. Rules change.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:20 pm to lsufball19
No you missed my point. To not fill a schedule with byes and cupcakes to dilute the season
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:21 pm to au4you
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Yes, but the Bediako case is completely different than those unique individual cases. The NCAA has been consistent and clear that a player leaving college, agreeing to waive further eligibility by staying in the draft, returning years later is not allowed
Letting a 22 year old who played 4 years at one of the biggest non-NBA clubs in the world get 4 years of eligibility is every bit as destabilizing as letting Bediako finish out his original window
(Both shouldn’t be playing fwiw)
This post was edited on 1/28/26 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:23 pm to YStar
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The people here who love to hate Alabama fell for it because they painted it all as "anti-Saban/Bama" but it was really always about taking power back from the SEC and putting the south in it's place.
Or, and I know this is a stretch, Nate Oats could try not being a morally corrupt piece of shite
This post was edited on 1/28/26 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:26 pm to Frac the world
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High schoolers can go straight to G League should they choose here in America as well.
And render themselves ineligible for NCAA competition by doing so.
And since when does the G league replace high school ball?
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:27 pm to RammerJammer91
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Meanwhile, Miami tampered with Darian Mensah, who was under contract at Duke, and nobody in sports media is criticizing Mario Cristobal or ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips.
This needs the same amount of attention as Ole Piss is getting.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:29 pm to Glorious
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Letting a 22 year old who played 4 years at one of the biggest non-NBA clubs in the world
Eligibility should be analyzed based on number of years played overseas starting at the age of 18 until the date of application to the NCAA Clearinghouse and eligibility calculated from there. A full 4 years of eligibility is ridiculous.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:38 pm to Glorious
quote:Not near as destabilizing as a college team recruiting a former player and current NBA two way player to join their team in the middle of the season.
Letting a 22 year old who played 4 years at one of the biggest non-NBA clubs in the world get 4 years of eligibility is every bit as destabilizing as letting Bediako finish out his original window (Both shouldn’t be playing fwiw)
It would be one thing if this was unfolding in the offseason. This gives Bama a huge advantage and fills a much needed roster spot for them. Other teams don’t have that luxury and/or unwilling to risk NCAA penalty since they have been very clear that this is not allowed under their current rules.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:45 pm to HailToTheChiz
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No you missed my point
No, I didn't.
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To not fill a schedule with byes and cupcakes to dilute the season
So the SEC should have harder schedules than the rest of the country every year just because? If it was an even playing field across the conferences, this point may resonate more, but that's not the reality we live in. We already had a tougher road with 8 conferences games. Now we've just made it harder on ourselves.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:51 pm to lsufball19
Great idea. Let's go down to 5 SEC games and play Hofstra and Slippery Rock the rest of the schedule.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:52 pm to lsufball19
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the SEC should have harder schedules than the rest of the country every year just because? If it was an even playing field across the conferences, this point may resonate more, but that's not the reality we live in. We already had a tougher road with 8 conferences games. Now we've just made it harder on ourselves.
I don't disagree with this
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:56 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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Let's go down to 5 SEC games and play Hofstra and Slippery Rock the rest of the schedule.
Or let's just keep things the way they were. It wasn't broken. Why did we think we needed to fix something?
Posted on 1/28/26 at 12:58 pm to lsufball19
Every major conference has adopted the 9 game schedule. The Big 12, Big Ten, and the old PAC 12 had 9 game schedules before the SEC and ACC did. The 9 game schedule prevents so many mismatches against the Mercers, Woffords, Chattanoogas, etc. No one wants to watch those games.
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