John Shurna Laughs at Your 3-Point Line

This was a very well written article and sadly, I basically agree with his last comments – we are trying to do things the right way at NU with the “student” part of “student-athlete” being first and foremost. If we really cannot get it done (and here, I mean make the NCAA somewhat consistently, maybe compete for a B1G championship 1-2 a decade…), it does say something about the state of college basketball. But, Stanford, Harvard, Vandy and yes even Puke do seem to be able to achieve this with true student-athletes (although Puke seems to be have gone to the Dark side here a bit with the 1/2-and-dones..), it is still more of a reflection of NU’s history/commitment than the overall state of college basketball at this state.
I still am in the “no way we change the academic side of things” in this debate to “improve” things.
The NBA should not have forced the 1-and-done rule. Yes, you don’t want the bad example of kids declaring ‘pro’ out of high school, but I think they should allow them to go D-league out of high school as an “amateur” status (no pay). If they really cannot get to the show in a year of D-league, let them go to college. In the hockey world, the Juniors exist to provide this kind of path – you can play until 20 before deciding if you really want to go pro (NHL or one of the minors) or take the college route. I believe basketball needs something similar; you should not “force” college on a kid who has no business being there, and it just hurts the kid, the idea of college athletics and perhaps another more academically deserving kid whose spot is taken up.