re: Todd Golden: Doesn't matter if Bediako plays, we'll beat them anyways

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They have made no rulings on the type of contract being a determining factor.

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Nope.

The NCAA itself is where the contract discussion is coming from! It's why the NCAA itself said they denied Bediako eligibility.


The NCAA said the difference between James Nnaji being eligible for Baylor and Bediako being ineligible was that although Nnaji made himself eligible for the NBA draft and was picked 23rd that he never signed an NBA contract.

That Bediako signed the 2 Way NBA/G League Contract was the difference the NCAA itself provided and not whether they'd played before etc. . . .

I'm not just saying my opinion. I'd be happier if players played four seasons from 18-23 years old and shared all the TV money and then moved on.

Bediako should come dressed as female undergrad student.

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Bediako should come dressed as female undergrad student.

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basically what the bama basketball team has looked like the last 4 times Florida put 100 on them

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The NBA contract line is being drawn because their minimum salaries are going to be in violation of the "actual and necessary expense" threshold. Similarly,they do not allow international players to come if they've made too much money, which they've done before.

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You're starting to get into the weeds of why Bediako got the temporary restraining order.

The Baylor guy came from FC Barcelona where base salaries are actually higher than average NBA/G-League two way deals and some other Euro players granted recent eligibility were making 200-300k per season.

The guys mentioned in the Bediako case are mentioned specifically because they were making more than him or around the same amount.

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Who did that?

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Last I checked, Miller was never charged. He's no Aaron Hernandez.

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we'll beat them anywaysby RollTide4EverYour coach is a creep.

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your coach is a loser

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The Baylor guy came from FC Barcelona where base salaries are actually higher than average NBA/G-League two way deals and some other Euro players granted recent eligibility were making 200-300k per season.

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Link? Base salary for a two way deal witht he NBA is $578k for 24/25, it is half the NBA league minimum. What was Nnaji's salary? I don't see anything that states the base salary for Barcelona is above that minimum, let alone the average deal.

Euro players have been denied eligibility for making too much money, so an argument based on the fact that some euro players made more money than Bediako doesn't hold much water as it is already addressed. We can look at the specifics on Bediako vs Nnaji though if you have those numbers.

I’m going to highly doubt a roleplaying guy off the bench is earning well over the league average, even if Barcelona is paying over market value. Regardless, without knowing the specifics of the numbers, it’s impossible to make an argument that the rule is being applied unequally because we don’t know the number.

However, even if I concede that they did sign contracts of equal value even though I don’t think they did, Bediako still has two other bylaw statutes he is in violation of. So, even if they want to challenge that the bylaw is being applied unequally based on the money earned and win that specific argument, the NCAA can still rule him ineligible on the two other qualifications.

Now, that may impact Nnaji and others and may make ncaa have to clarify a specific $$ amount that the bylaw has to go by which would be fantastic, but that still doesn’t actually make Bediako eligible unless they want to argue the other bylaws and challenge them too, which so far they are not.

That’s fine, but it still fails to address his two other glaring barriers to eligibility. Even if they can successfully argue that one point, it doesn’t just all of a sudden render all other eligibility requirements null and void.