Most school coaches have both taken a politically right stance or anonymously bashed the G-League’s new foray into luring elite prospects to their developmental league.
Penny Hardaway has chosen neither path, saying it's “nearly like tampering” for the G-League to be recruiting gamers for its “choose staff” who've already dedicated to or signed with faculties.
Thus far, three gamers – Jalen Inexperienced, Isaiah Todd and Daishen Nix – have signed with the G-League. Todd (Michigan) and Nix (UCLA) already had settled on colleges. Inexperienced mentioned he would’ve landed at Memphis had he not picked the G-League for a reported $500,000.
“I didn’t assume the G-League was constructed — and I might be improper — to go and recruit youngsters that wish to go to varsity out of going to varsity,” Hardaway, the Memphis coach, mentioned. “I assumed they have been going to be the group that was going to be, if you wish to go abroad otherwise you completely didn't wish to play school 100 %, that this could be the most effective scenario for you earlier than you go into the NBA.
“However taking guys out of their commitments [or] they’ve already signed and persevering with to speak to their mother and father, it’s nearly like tampering. I actually don’t agree with that.”
G-League president Shareef Abdur-Rahim lately informed The Submit it wasn’t trying to sway youngsters from attending school. The intent is to supply them an avenue in America to generate profits proper out of highschool slightly than having to go abroad. One solution to fight that is the latest announcement by the NCAA that it's going to permit student-athletes to generate profits off their identify, picture and likeness, although these guidelines have but to be outlined or voted on.
“What the NCAA can do is what they’re doing now,” Hardaway mentioned. “Transferring in the precise steps of permitting youngsters to generate profits on their very own identify and likeness. I’m in favor of the identify, picture and likeness rule. As a result of it sort of helps us, as school coaches, sort of battle the battle with the G-League and going abroad. It provides a child an opportunity to generate profits [while playing college sports]. The school expertise, to me, was the most effective expertise of my profession in sports activities.”
“It can have an effect on how we recruit if the NCAA doesn’t do one thing about it,” he added. “In the event that they don’t hold taking steps ahead to assist these youngsters generate profits, they’re going to take $300,000, $400,000, $500,000 for 5 months to play on a choose staff and simply do basketball as a substitute of getting to go to class.
“[The NCAA] simply [has] to take some determined measures to make these youngsters perceive that we wish you to return to varsity.”
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