College Basketball: Are One-and-Done Players a Necessary Evil?

Posted by Jim Folsom on July-30-2011 Add Comments

One-and-done. It's a new term that has caught on in college basketball. It's as prevalent as the pick-and-roll these days. One-and-done players are ones that go pro after their freshman season.

What's wrong with that? Well, several things in my opinion are wrong with it.

First, the bogus reasoning behind this rule that both the NBA and NCAA give lip service to. They say that the rule is to make sure that players coming out of high school at least get one year of college in before going pro in case their pro career doesn't pan out.

At least they will have a year of college and can then pick up where they left off. Bull! That has absolutely nothing ...

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