I wonder if players will attempt to “Dink” themselves. Go undrafted, preserve college eligibility, get paid by NIL, enter the league as FA of that ever materializes.
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I wonder if players will attempt to “Dink” themselves. Go undrafted, preserve college eligibility, get paid by NIL, enter the league as FA of that ever materializes.
I expect the NCAA to put rules in place at some point to prevent this stuff.
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Park Bites
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I wonder if a player is drafted and goes back to college how long the orginal drafting team will retain their rights.
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So, is it sufficiently clear what the NCAA policy currently is regarding drafted players that have not signed an NBA contract?
I would expect if a player can return to school after being drafted (especially if players are still eligible to return to school if they go undrafted) that we see a MASSIVE spike in collegians entering the draft.
I know if I could capitalize on a strong year and have security that I could still be eligible to play in the NCAA (and receive NIL money), I would just enter the draft. On the team side, there is virtually untapped upside of stacking draft rights and letting them continue to develop in the NCAA.
Would make 2nd rounders this year more valuable than literally ever before (or maybe ever again with such a surge).
I would expect if a player can return to school after being drafted (especially if players are still eligible to return to school if they go undrafted) that we see a MASSIVE spike in collegians entering the draft.
I know if I could capitalize on a strong year and have security that I could still be eligible to play in the NCAA (and receive NIL money), I would just enter the draft. On the team side, there is virtually untapped upside of stacking draft rights and letting them continue to develop in the NCAA.
Would make 2nd rounders this year more valuable than literally ever before (or maybe ever again with such a surge).
Being drafted in the NBA does not matter. There is an NBA draft pick playing right now. Currently, the line they’re trying to draw is that if you’ve signed an NBA contract (includes two-way) you are ineligible. But these things are always changing and changing in favor of more eligibility.
I don’t think there’s much of a fight against more eligibility coming from the NCAA side. But there’s a lot of money and desire on the other side to keep giving more and more eligibility. The only party that seems really opposed to it are the fans who don’t like this new system, but there’s NCAA isn’t going to fight back unless it affects their bottom line.
