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I’m grateful that NIL hasn’t ruined CBB as much as it has CFB
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Anonymous 6w

James Nnaji was granted 4 years of eligibility at 21 after being drafted to the NBA at 18, are we sure about your statement

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Not entirely, but cases like those seem isolated in the realm of basketball, whereas NIL in CFB is systematically restructuring the league such that mostly the big dogs with the big money at the top stay at the top. That, or it shreds every team of their dignity if they have a single slightly unfavorable szn, losing many to the transfer portal or even their coach leaving for an even more enormous paycheck (@Kiffin)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Admittedly I am a CBB casual so idk a whole lot about how NIL affects it but it doesn’t seem like NIL has affected my CBB team as much as it’s affected my CFB teams

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

#1, Keep that same energy with Thierry Darlan (Santa Clara), London Johnson (Louisville), Abdullah Ahmed (BYU), and Nastja Claessens (KState).

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

The same thing is happening in basketball

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

They didn’t get drafted, Nnaji did. IMO the rule for foreign players should be once you declare for the draft and don’t withdraw by the deadline you should be ineligible to play college basketball, since that’s the current rule for college players

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

Wrong. Nastja got drafted

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

That’s a WBB player and looks like she never officially declared and draft rules are different in NBA vs WNBA. Also a big difference is she wasn’t traded and didn’t play in any WNBA setting, Nnaji played in summer league for the knicks and the hornets. So not a great comparison. She probably still shouldn’t be eligible though

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

Moving the goal posts now are we? You can say that you just don’t like Baylor, it’s ok.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

No we’re not. My point still stands, you shouldn’t be eligible to play college basketball if you declare for the draft and don’t withdraw by the deadline, that player never officially declared for the draft looks like the WNBA just acquired her rights. This has literally nothing to do with Baylor but more about the integrity of the sport and the inconsistencies about amateur status. Why do international players get special privileges?

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