re: Personally, I freaking love what Wade is doing.

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What rule do you think I’m referring to and how did they change it?

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Dec 30, 2025, 03:53 PM ET

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NCAA president Charlie Baker on Tuesday clarified his organization's position on college eligibility for players with NBA experience.

"The NCAA has not and will not grant eligibility to any prospective or returning student-athletes who have signed an NBA contract (including a two-way contract)," Baker said in a statement. "As schools are increasingly recruiting individuals with international league experience, the NCAA is exercising discretion in applying the actual and necessary expenses bylaw to ensure that prospective student-athletes with experience in American basketball leagues are not at a disadvantage compared to their international counterparts. Rules have long permitted schools to enroll and play individuals with no prior collegiate experience midyear.

In line with several other international players who never previously enrolled in college and never played in an NBA game, Nnaji was cleared by the NCAA last week. He could make his debut for the Bears as early as this weekend.

Nnaji's situation is the latest in a growing trend of professional basketball players fighting to play college basketball, following dozens of players with experience in European pro leagues and several former G League players.

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The same ones that prevented Charles Bediako from playing last year.

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The guys LSU has committed or have agreed to don’t fall under this. Baker and the NCAA clarified

The NCAA was hemorrhaging money to the tune of the chief legal office said it was as if they were being sued in a class action lawsuit how much they were fighting in court. To the tune of $16-20 million in legal costs in 3-4 months with the vast majority of the cases the NCAA was losing, but the kind of losses they didn’t even have to show up and most knew what the result was going to be legally. They clarified and simplified the previous rule or bylaw about foreign players who had been plying on pro teams they could be paid whatever, previous said foreigners could play professionally so long as they were paid just to cover their expenses and the wages were not “excessive”. But the NCAA was determining what level each players benefits rose to. They just simply stated as long as you don’t play in the NBA/ sign contractually and make money from it doesn’t matter how much you make anywhere else in the world. By and large the transfer portal won’t apply if it’s their first time attempting to come to America to play. They will give out waivers like candy so long as you don’t go near or try and skirt that NBA rule. People think the NCAA will be pressured or hates CWW that much they won’t give some of these EUROs waivers. The NCAA is trying to hold on for dear life, they can either give the waivers or pay up $300k in legal costs to lose anyways for LSUs 5-6 guys if they have to take it to a court.