re: Rick Pitino: Let high school kids turn pro, one year of education is pointless

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no shite, NCAA needs to force the leagues hands.

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How are they supposed to do this though? They can't make the kid stay in school and not them the opportunity to make $$$.

The NCAA can't do anything about it. And it sucks for them and all that but it's true. And if the NCAA somehow passes a rule that forced a kid to stay in school x amount of years, the top players would just bypass college and go overseas for a year and then go to the NBA. I mean some kids are already doing that now and you just have to go to college for 2 semesters before being eligible for the NBA.

Now I do like the idea of the NBA having some sort of farm system (NBAD league maybe) that allows kids to join them out of high school and they receive a salary and benefits and all that. But the issue with that is the $$$. NBA D Leaguers make a flat line fee of $13k, $19k, or $25k. These kids can go overseas for a few months and make much more than that.

It's a tough situation for the NCAA, but it's just how it is. And I agree with Pitino. You need to at least give them the opportunity to enter the NBA draft out of high school. If they don't, then they should stay in college for at least 2 seasons. That way the kids that dont wanna go to college can go pro, and the ones that don't mind going to college will be there for at least 2 seasons which helps both the NBA and the NCAA. The product would be better ifor the NCAA and the players would be more developed for the NBA. And the NBA would be the ones that have to pass this rule and it would show that they really support the NCAA and all that.