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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 210104, member: 716"]
Another consideration (one that's thrown around a lot in the abstract but that is well illustrated by Syracuse's 2009 departures) that you did touch on: rules designed to push athletes toward college degrees are truly in their best interest.
 
Compare Scoop to Devendorf and Harris. Scoop played by the rules, has his bachelor's and a bit of graduate work, and is - in the opinion of most on this board - going to be a pretty successful guy outside of basketball.
 
The other two guys? Harris was a fringe NBA prospect, Devendorf a guy without a chance. Three years later, neither seems to be tearing it up in his chosen career (and the clock is ticking). And when they have wrung all they can out of basketball, what next? College could have given them two things - a degree and a sustainable career. They took neither.
 
Young guys with delusions of grandeur need all the help they can get. The NCAA does a lot of things wrong, but APR is at least the right idea. College athletics (heck, society and academia, too) need to find a way to make student-athletes more likely to lead successful lives. I think APR could be a step in that direction.
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