Originally Posted by TheDuke2003
I think long term it's better for the NBA and college basketball. And in my opinion for every kid who goes to school 1 or 2 years and blows up while in college and then goes pro, there are probably 10 that leave early that shouldn't have.
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I'll bet it's even higher at first, but you know what? Collateral damage in the "we have to play college players a salary" wars.
5 years into this experience there will be 100+ flameouts. All the clueless fathers and uncles who are so sure their little baby is NBA ready TODAY will see the landscape littered with corpses and think, "you know, on second thought a couple years of free college is actually a pretty good deal -- you know, just in case. Let's just test those waters first, and if he's so good, he can always play in Europe for a year."
