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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 2230692, member: 716"]
I agree with you on #6  - you make a good point. What a mess that would be. Typically (for his sloppy and dismissive tone in this column), DeCourcy writes in much starker terms than you do; he could've used a little more of your nuance.

I don't think the college coaches thing (#9) is a [U]reason[/U] this would be detrimental to any party. The author makes an unsubstantiated generalization that doesn't persuade me. Could it be bad, could it be unfair? Sure. (By the way, I'm not at all convinced that "unfair to a certain subset of high school kids" is a bad thing. There's a lot of unfairness in the world. It's all a give and take.)

DeCourcy doesn't even deserve a response for his goofy rant in #3. Ankle monitors? Get out of here. You, on the other hand, present some ideas worth chewing on.

That's how I generally feel about the whole issue (putting aside my "I love college basketball but it used to be a lot better and it'd be great if it approached those heights again" bias). There are a lot of interested parties whose welfare should be considered. An honest discussion can be had. Too much of what I read, though (including DeCourcy, unfortunately, but not you), skirts the meat of the issue and takes the low road, throwing out charged language and making emotional appeals.
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