00:00In case you missed it this week, college basketball just lost
00:05at college football's transfer portal mess and said, hold my beer.
00:10Because if you thought the transfer portal was ruining college sports, wait until you
00:15hear this.
00:16Charles Bediaco.
00:17Remember him?
00:18Of course you know.
00:19What?
00:20Well, he played for Alabama basketball back in 2023.
00:25He then left for the NBA draft, went undrafted and signed.
00:30A professional contract.
00:31In fact, he's played for three different G League teams since then.
00:34He is.
00:35He is, by every definition, a professional basketball player.
00:40But this week, a state judge in Alabama just granted a temporary.
00:45Restraining Order that says Bediaco can suit up for the Crimson Tide.
00:50Immediately.
00:51Now the NCAA, to their credit, wrote a stern.
00:55Only worded letter that says something like, Hey, you signed a pro contract.
00:59You can't come.
01:00Come back to college basketball.
01:01And the court said, you sure about that?
01:04So now Alabama.
01:05gets to add a seven foot professional rim protector to their roster.
01:10This is the end of the amateur model.
01:13If a guy can play in the.
01:15G League for close to three years, realize he isn't making the NBA.
01:20And then sue his way back into college in late January for the money.
01:25What are we doing here?
01:26What are we doing here?
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