<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">In an attempt to clean up college football recruiting, an NCAA task force issued a series of recommendations Tuesday that would stop future recruits from receiving the royal treatment on visits. Under the new recommendations, to be forwarded for final approval by the NCAA board of directors Aug. 5, colleges would no longer be allowed to house recruits in fancy hotels, treat them to expensive meals or fly them on private jets. The recommendations, which would take affect starting with this school year, would also ban schools from giving recruits rides in vehicles not used for other prospective students and no longer allow schools to hand out personalized jerseys or use audio/video scoreboard presentations featuring the player. ''It's intended to do away with the celebrity, the sense of entitlement, for a prospect,'' David Berst, NCAA vice president and chair of the Management Council told The Associated Press. Berst, who led the two-day meeting that concluded Tuesday in Baltimore, was in transit and could not be reached for further comment.</div> More here. Personally, I think these new rules will just cause even more high school players than ever to want to skip college and go straight to the NBA. The article above talks about NCAA college football, but it will apply to the entire NCAA including basketball.
That's not going to help anything, at least for basketball. As you mentioned, it will just make even more HS players jump straight to the NBA. SOMETHING has to be done to stop the spread of HS players going to the NBA, and this isn't really helping at all.
How can you say this is a bad move? It levels out the playing field for the smaller schools. Now the ACC won't be getting 99% of the good recruits. Not many players are going to use this to influence their decision about skipping college for the pro's.
Because all of the luxury and stuff could have had a part to do with some of the players going to college. HS players could have been relying on luxury and stuff for the college they might be going to. To some players, luxury and money means more. In the NBA, they get that money and luxury. In college, now they know luxury isn't going to be there anymore. Why not go to the pros and make the money and get the luxury.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting MainEvent:</div><div class="quote_post">Because all of the luxury and stuff could have had a part to do with some of the players going to college. HS players could have been relying on luxury and stuff for the college they might be going to. To some players, luxury and money means more. In the NBA, they get that money and luxury. In college, now they know luxury isn't going to be there anymore. Why not go to the pros and make the money and get the luxury.</div> Honestly, there's only going to be about 10 players a year with a legitimate shot of being a first or second rounder. If anyone outside of those players declares because of this new NCAA rule then I would not want them in the NCAA in the first place. The NCAA is for students first and athletes second.
I'm actually kinda pleased with this, because just like Voodo said, it levels out the playing for smaller schools like mine, and correct me if im wrong, that may give me a better chance to get to a better college, i don't really need all that luxury in college. Good things come to those who wait I guess.
