ColonelSteve
02-14-2013, 03:31 PM
To recap: Nerlens Noel came to Kentucky as the projected first overall pick in the NBA draft. He gave Kentucky and the NCAA three months of unpaid playing time, during which he could only maintain or diminish his already sky-high draft stock. He suffered a torn ACL, a sad circumstance which all but guarantees that he has lost his chance to be drafted first overall, but actually increases his value to NBA GMs, who now have the opportunity to add a potential superstar to their team at a severely discounted price. Noel's only options going forward are to enter the NBA as a bargain-bin deal, or return to Kentucky and spend one more season filling the NCAA's coffers.
Here we have a system in which the athletes are the only ones who ever have anything to lose. Noel won't be the last player we see writhing on the ground in pain, his future possibly evaporating in front of him while NCAA and NBA cash in.
http://deadspin.com/5984027/nerlens-noels-injury-is-just-the-latest-reminder-of-how-stupid-the-one+and+done-rule-is
Here we have a system in which the athletes are the only ones who ever have anything to lose. Noel won't be the last player we see writhing on the ground in pain, his future possibly evaporating in front of him while NCAA and NBA cash in.
http://deadspin.com/5984027/nerlens-noels-injury-is-just-the-latest-reminder-of-how-stupid-the-one+and+done-rule-is