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What's wrong with college basketball

Posted on: November 1, 2016 at 18:26:41 CT
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This story sheds some light:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/17945257/ben-simmons-blasts-messed-ncaa-film-says-players-get-nothing

(Simmons)...was also benched for four-plus minutes of a conference matchup for missing a class.

In one scene, filmed last season, Simmons said he had no intention of attending class after he became eligible for the second semester.

"I got B's and C's; I'm not going to class next semester because I don't need to," Simmons said. "... I'm here to play, I'm not here to go to school."

Collegiate athletes who are eligible by the end of first semester can also compete in the second semester, even if their academics slip. Simmons admits he stopped caring about class.

"[Coach] Jones said, 'We need to make up a punishment if you miss another class,'" Simmons said. "I missed my next class about preparing for better study habits. I'm going to the NBA next season. Why bull---- if it's not going to help me?"
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What's wrong with college basketball - haeffb MU - 11/1 18:26:41
     He'll also be broke in less than 10 years - alwaysright MU - 11/3 07:02:42
     no one made him go to school(nm) - ajpe53 MU - 11/2 08:52:14
     Those guys should never be in college bb in the 1st place(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 11/2 08:19:20
     it's a free country. they shouldn't be forced to go to - Iam4Mizzou MU - 11/2 07:58:08
          they aren't forced to go to college(nm) - ajpe53 MU - 11/2 08:59:15
               Exactly just sit out - it's not an NCAA rule it's an NBA - MakeShift MU - 11/2 10:37:06
     That is an NBA problem - MizzouAstro MU - 11/2 07:46:06
     Solution. Put it in the contracts of players that if they - MizzouTigerz MU - 11/1 22:18:20
          You think that'd bother a player who is about to make - StaleyTiger MU - 11/2 08:17:36
     What a low class POS. How about just going, because - go tigers MU - 11/1 21:20:14
          Why waste your time? He was never going to finish the - StaleyTiger MU - 11/1 21:30:25
     RE:been that way forever... - cybertyger MU - 11/1 20:25:41
          "We've always done it this way" - haeffb MU - 11/1 20:32:15
               High school is not much different - cybertyger MU - 11/2 06:18:45
     Im excited to see that - Friday night on Showtime - tiger4real MU - 11/1 20:03:55
     The "student-athlete" thing is so pretentious in FB and BB - zounami MU - 11/1 19:16:06
     No, the NCAA..see NC/Ol' Roy...ku jobs for parents...Duke on - tigertix MU - 11/1 18:55:52
          RE: No, the NCAA..see NC/Ol' Roy...ku jobs for parents...Duke on - BuckTurgidson KU - 11/1 22:27:23
               He's dead you a**hole(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 11/2 10:32:17
     At least he's honest. "I'm not here to go to school".(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/1 18:49:43
     the NBA needs to change their rule - wu-tangtiger MU - 11/1 18:33:08
          There is absolutely no advantage to the NBA to do that. - tgr MU - 11/1 19:44:54
               They do the same thing in Europe - wu-tangtiger MU - 11/1 20:53:13
          True. A total waste of a seat. But much of - GA Tiger MU - 11/1 18:50:46
          End scholarships. Let it be kids who are there for an - 90Tiger MU - 11/1 18:50:38
               Agreed. Intramurals would be way more fun to watch. - zodiac6 JC - 11/1 19:02:14
                    that would be just like the team we currently have(nm) - NWMizzouFan MU - 11/2 06:01:17
                    You'd watch minor league NBA, right? Isn't that - 90Tiger MU - 11/1 19:32:23
                         No. And no. (nm) - haeffb MU - 11/1 19:51:57
                              I thought you were concerned about "what's wrong with - 90Tiger MU - 11/1 21:51:31
                                   Scholarships aren't the problem - haeffb MU - 11/2 06:22:32




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