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@cannonjw While it is the NBA/NBPA rule, that rule is the result of legal, collective bargaining. CBAs are a legal way of making rules like this and it changes the market price for 10-15 guys a year.
Compare that to what the NCAA does...
Compare that to what the NCAA does...
@cannonjw ... which is to collude among only one side of the negotiation -- not a CBA at all -- and not explicitly blessed by law. Indeed, the last cap the NCAA chose, which had been in force for 40 years, was found to be illegal. And the current one is on the cusp of similar ruling. ...
@cannonjw ...in addition to not being a validly negotiated CBA rule, and on cusp of being deemed illegal, it also effects every single of of those 10-15 athletes, lowering their pay by 10Ks or 100Ks , but it also lowers the pay for thousands of others for whom NBA at 18 is not an option...
@cannonjw So yes, the NBA/NBPA CBA is an impediment, but it is not the primary problem.
Oh, and by the way, when the NCAA had a chance, during Maurice Clarett case, to tell the world it was against rules like one-and-done, guess what it did? ...
Oh, and by the way, when the NCAA had a chance, during Maurice Clarett case, to tell the world it was against rules like one-and-done, guess what it did? ...
@cannonjw ...
Yep, it asked the court to legalize them.
And I have the receipts. See drive.google.com/file/d/1Ygc54S…
Yep, it asked the court to legalize them.
And I have the receipts. See drive.google.com/file/d/1Ygc54S…
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