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[QUOTE="Col. Bleep, post: 3344587, member: 1023"]
Interesting discussions.

It seems to all boil down to one thing: $$$$$$
It's changed the pro game and it's changed "college."
D-1 college ball is about $$$...in most places and most cases, unfortunately, any education is largely incidental.

"Solutions" depend on your perspective.
I think someone should be able to benefit from his or her abilities as soon as possible.
So, step 1 is for the NBA to let anyone come in...ok...maybe you need to be HS grad. Maybe.

That would mean colleges can forget about the huge stars like Zion.
They're going right to the big time.
We should realize by now that we're never going to see another team like Coleman-Owens-Thomson-Douglas in '88-'89 (except maybe at Duke or Kentucky).
College ball generally would be for real college students.
Less revenue for schools as viewer interest and TV revenue wane?
Maybe.
Deal with it...just the way colleges dealt with all the other changes from the advent of big TV money to the one-and-done era.

But what about the "can't misses" who do miss in the NBA?
Of course, they can play overseas or in the G-league.
College?
Why not?
With the stipulation that they have to behave like students and actually go to class as long as they're in school (except for UNC).
And all players should be entitled to a piece of the revenue they help bring in.

No doubt the level of college play won't be what it has been in the past.
But you want to see better players?
Watch pro ball.
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