Featuring sarcastic definitions of ncaa/nba and college bb and its athletes. For example:
Lawyers/agents -- NBA players pay them to negotiate and advocate for their interests. Universities hire them to protect their interests and defend them in court. Coaches at all levels hire them to negotiate and advocate for their interests. NBA owners keep them on retainer to protect their interests. Student-athletes should be barred from consulting with them; they are amateurs without interests to protect, so why waste their time? Keep your head in those books, son.
NCAA -- The good shepherd. Billion-dollar "non-profit organization." Steward of "amateurism."
Interesting quote:
"WITH BOTH SIDES able to opt out of the current CBA this December, one-and-done's biggest political problem is simple. In the minds of its boosters, a yearlong delay isn't nearly lengthy enough.
College administrators -- who compete every year to live at the mercy of a transitory teenager -- complain to Silver that the current rule is "a disaster," upending the continuity of a coach-driven sport. NBA owners, meanwhile, want prospects with even more comprehensive résumés, further reducing the risk that they, like Jordan, will find themselves unable to pass on Kwame Brown.
This is why Silver has declared, in venues ranging from GQ to the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, that one of his top CBA priorities come winter will be to raise the age minimum to 20."
The one I love:
"In 2016, a season largely defined by senior stars, the 10th national champ since the introduction of the NBA's age limit staged one half of the best national title games ever, with arguably the greatest buzzer-beater of all time.
Villanova had the least projected NBA talent of any national champion ever.
The link:
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16237629/ten-years-nba-one-done-rule-no-less-controversial
Lawyers/agents -- NBA players pay them to negotiate and advocate for their interests. Universities hire them to protect their interests and defend them in court. Coaches at all levels hire them to negotiate and advocate for their interests. NBA owners keep them on retainer to protect their interests. Student-athletes should be barred from consulting with them; they are amateurs without interests to protect, so why waste their time? Keep your head in those books, son.
NCAA -- The good shepherd. Billion-dollar "non-profit organization." Steward of "amateurism."
Interesting quote:
"WITH BOTH SIDES able to opt out of the current CBA this December, one-and-done's biggest political problem is simple. In the minds of its boosters, a yearlong delay isn't nearly lengthy enough.
College administrators -- who compete every year to live at the mercy of a transitory teenager -- complain to Silver that the current rule is "a disaster," upending the continuity of a coach-driven sport. NBA owners, meanwhile, want prospects with even more comprehensive résumés, further reducing the risk that they, like Jordan, will find themselves unable to pass on Kwame Brown.
This is why Silver has declared, in venues ranging from GQ to the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, that one of his top CBA priorities come winter will be to raise the age minimum to 20."
The one I love:
"In 2016, a season largely defined by senior stars, the 10th national champ since the introduction of the NBA's age limit staged one half of the best national title games ever, with arguably the greatest buzzer-beater of all time.
Villanova had the least projected NBA talent of any national champion ever.
The link:
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16237629/ten-years-nba-one-done-rule-no-less-controversial
