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Originally Posted by Steve19
It would be easiest to look at this as something benefitting only Ohio State and its fans, but the real value is to the players. It gives them additional time to work on acquiring and education and life skills before they depart for professional basketball. The major beneficiaries are the players, of whom most will spend only a couple years in the NBA if they are lucky enough to get there.
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That is true, but the cynic in me doesn't think that that was a large factor in the reasoning behind the NBA doing this.