tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677133315421407371.post6151777771998774527..comments2023-07-23T02:38:09.798-05:00Comments on The Sports VU: Should NBA remove minimum-age rule?Jarred Amatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01605015627190274503noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677133315421407371.post-5498766831067826402008-05-13T17:32:00.000-05:002008-05-13T17:32:00.000-05:00DeRozan case just shows what a corrupt and easily ...DeRozan case just shows what a corrupt and easily worked system the whole thing is, especially AAU.<BR/><BR/>I guess everyone forgot what the letters AAU originally stood for!<BR/><BR/>Now it stands for Affluent Athletic UsersTony Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497055762329338990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677133315421407371.post-43395631759192204452008-05-13T11:31:00.000-05:002008-05-13T11:31:00.000-05:00Just an add on to the whole "family friend" thing ...Just an add on to the whole "family friend" thing from Doug Gottlieb's blog on ESPN:<BR/><BR/>"In addition, USC landed Demar DeRozan, one of the two or three best players in a loaded California high school senior class. In addition to the DeRozan signing, Floyd will welcome in DeRozan's longtime buddy, Lil Romeo, who is reportedly worth more than $30 million and Master P is his father. It should be noted that P has coached DeRozan in AAU hoops and has acted like a surrogate father for years to DeRozan. It should also be noted that Master P has been a sports agent during his professional life, as well, and if USC looks into the dorm room shared by DeRozan and Romeo next year, I think there may be more than one flat-screen LCD hanging on the wall, and it will be completely legal."David Shochathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15876511940044151274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677133315421407371.post-55574509129211114912008-05-13T09:35:00.000-05:002008-05-13T09:35:00.000-05:00Tony brings up a great point that I agree with. If...Tony brings up a great point that I agree with. If the NBA are going to make players go to college they should make them stay three years. That way the players can at least get their degrees (with summer school classes like Earl did I believe) instead of just going to college, taking joke classes and then leaving. There is no point in making them go one year. They don't take class seriously because they know they are leaving after a year, might as well let them go to the NBA after high school. I know the NBA is concerned with players from high school making the jump and not getting drafted, but IMO if they are stupid enough to do that, it is their own faults. Worst case scenario, they can go to Europe and try and come back i believe, may be wrong about that though...<BR/><BR/>Also, think about college programs. The one year rule makes it hard on the programs because they are constantly having to take into consideration whether someone will leave early when they are recruiting. I believe that Coach K said that he hates the rule because he said if he brings in a player, he wants to know that the player will be in the program long enough to develop and help the program win games for more than one year. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Another point that people may not know about in the O.J. case is the rule about "runners". I believe the NCAA does not have any rule against "family friends" giving players gifts. Who is considered a family friend is a very grey area, but it is something to take into consideration. If that is really an exception, I wonder if there is a restriction in the rules from family friends getting gifts from agents, but I don't think that there is. Thus, even if it is clear that O.J. received gifts from that Guillory and Guillory got the money for the gifts from BDA, if O.J. and company can use that "family friend" clause, they may have a loop hole in the system that can't easily be closed. Think about it, if they don't allow legitimate family friends to give student athletes gifts, there will be an uproar about that. That Christmas present that your neighbor gives you??? Can't accept it because of NCAA regulations...that won't be easily passed. What the NCAA needs to do is specify what a family friend is if they don't already (maybe someone you or your family have known since you were eight or something...)David Shochathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15876511940044151274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677133315421407371.post-65070917161351032892008-05-13T08:50:00.000-05:002008-05-13T08:50:00.000-05:00Maybe the best solution is to do like baseball whi...Maybe the best solution is to do like baseball which would be a hybrid of what Sonny Vaccaro mentioned.<BR/><BR/>They can go right out of high school, but then they are done with their NCAA eligibility. If the come to college they have to stay 3 years.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how you handle the agent issue because the high profile kid has had the "family friend" handling him since Junior High. By the time he graduates high school, he is unofficially linked to an agent. It is a joke of a system.Tony Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497055762329338990noreply@blogger.com