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Originally Posted by OSUBucksfan09
Problem with this. The mid majors that get far in the tournament because they play together for many years, lose that. With all these freshmen stars coming back again, it just helps the big colleges and ruins the little schools and their chances. But o man do I wish the 06 class would have came back. I mean man wat a team we would have had.
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Trickle down effect would suggest that the mid-majors would get better players too. Less turnover at the big programs, means fewer scholarships available, means that the next level lower recruit would end up at Dayton or Xavier. Now those players are staying for four years and the quality of basketball goes up across the board.
I love this rule. This protects the NBA more than it does college basketball, IMO. College hoops was doing pretty well before the one year rule, and has done well during the two years that the one year rule has been in place. The NBA has suffered because they are too quick to draft on potential with no resume. This gives the NBA two years of information against top amateur competition before drafting Kwame Brown. It is also free marketing of it's future players before ever investing one red cent in promoting the new guys. Good business decision for the NBA, IMO.