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Message: [QUOTE="anomander, post: 4918853, member: 2766"] 100% agree. Give it 5 years and i think you will start to see a negative impact. Throw in realignment where there will be some very good programs certainly left out and even then the winner of the poaching war between ACC vs B12 leftovers may still be left out if the B10/SEC breakaway and form a real professional conference. I’ll be honest. I used to love hoops and football equally, with maybe a small lean to hoops. The best part was learning about these elite recruits coming to Cuse. Billy Owens stands out. Then you were pretty much guaranteed 3, mostly 4 years to watch the kid develop throughout their career. Rony Seikaly and David Johnson are 2 great examples of development. Then the 1 and dones started, which i think will be the equivalent to the transfer portal. I’d be interested to know what percentage of fan bases follow the sport closely outside of their team and maybe conference? For every memorable, iconic players like Melo, there is a Donte Greene, or Chris McCollough, who you know played because they were good enough (Or at least thought so) to leave after a year, but how do those players stack up in your mind in comparison to Pearl, Sherm, Moten, and even guys like Rakeem and Kris Joseph. The 1 and done started en masse about 15 years ago, but have been happening for 20+ years. All you have to do is look at the huge ratings drop for the NCAA championship game from the 80’s-90’s compared to the last 10 years. I think it’s indisputable proof that it’s been a turnoff to fans. I know I have a very hard time watching college basketball outside of Syracuse these days. It’s just impossible to follow with players jumping all over the place and leaving early. CFB doesn’t have the early entry problem, but with the portal, NIL with no cap, and realignment, CFB has its own problems and i really hope it doesn’t go down the same path as CBB. [/QUOTE]

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