Lots of people transferring.  Players frustrated about playing through a pandemic and the impact on their lives.  Schools needing to deal with transfers.  If only there was a way that the schools could have helped the players with some of the anxiety playing through a pandemic....

I think the NCAA should adopt similar draft and representation rules for all sports like they do with hockey. Because NCAA hockey must compete with Canadian junior hockey, they allow players to get drafted at age 18 and have agents and still play in the NCAA! Teams hold the players' rights until after they graduate, but they can sign sooner if they'd like. It seems like a no-brainer that something like NCAA basketball would benefit. Players could have their reps, NBA teams could draft players and let them develop in college. And when they are ready offer them NBA contracts.

danjsport wrote:

I'd take it a slightly further, ColonialNY.  I think the NCAA should license to the NBA all of the rights to college teams.  Let college truly be a minor league system.  They can be paid, and not amateurs; they can unionize, and they can use college teams' names and logos and all that good stuff.  

That would mean transfers in the middle of the year and trades.  I’m not sure that’s a good idea given that there are over 350 teams in D1 - which means around 4500 D1 scholarship players - but only a handful have any chance to play in the nba.   

If that happened, it would be the end of the ncaa tourney and pretty much the end of college basketball.  I get the argument for paying players, but given that players can already go pro if they want, I’m not sure ending college basketball as we know it is really the answer.