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re: Todd Golden: Doesn't matter if Bediako plays, we'll beat them anyways
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:08 pm to wm72
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:08 pm to wm72
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To oversimplify: That the NCAA now allows professional Euro/G League basketball players to play and has never prohibited players from taking breaks and returning is going to make it tough for them to hold that arbitrary line of merely being eligible for the draft and playing in the G league on a certain type of contract as the one a player can't cross.
This just isn't true though. NCAA has allowed professionals from all leagues to play basketball for many years. They have not allowed players to play college, go pro, then come back and play that sport. They have specific rules against it. A player cannot play in college, turn pro and sign with an agent/contract and retain eligibility in that sport. There is a specific rule that a player can maintain eligiblity in a different sport than the one they go pro in, but there are stipulations around that as well.
They have made no rulings on the type of contract being a determining factor.
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Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:24 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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They have made no rulings on the type of contract being a determining factor.
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.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:47 pm to wm72
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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.
yes, which is an update/clarification to how the bylaw i've already cited is being interpreted after all the misinformation around the case. 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.
I'm not saying that bylaw isn't going to be challenged, but the size of the contract is what matters here. That doesn't chagne the fact that Bediako is still going to be in violation of not only bylaw 12.2.2.2.1 but also bylaw 12.2.4.2.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:00 pm to joshnorris14
Bediako should come dressed as female undergrad student.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:02 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
He was stalking them? I realize it's Gainesville but surely they have some standards.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:04 pm to RollTide4Ever
quote:basically what the bama basketball team has looked like the last 4 times Florida put 100 on them
Bediako should come dressed as female undergrad student.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:05 pm to RollTide4Ever
quote:Even we wouldn’t have let an accomplice to murder play for us
I realize it's Gainesville but surely they have some standards.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:05 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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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.
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.
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:07 pm to theCAW
Who did that?
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:07 pm to RollTide4Ever
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Who did that?
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:15 pm to theCAW
Last I checked, Miller was never charged. He's no Aaron Hernandez.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:16 pm to theCAW
Your coach is a creep.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:18 pm to RollTide4Ever
quote:your coach is a loser
we'll beat them anywaysby RollTide4EverYour coach is a creep.
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:19 pm to RollTide4Ever
quote:that’s because the backwards court system in your backwards 3rd world state
Miller was never charged.
quote:Aaron Hernandez actually won a national title, didn’t get eliminated in the sweet 16
He's no Aaron Hernandez.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 4:25 pm to wm72
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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.
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.
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 4:36 pm
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