00:00But what we always knew was kids coming out of high school, getting a couple years to play, once they
00:05decide to go pro, there's no looking back.
00:07Even, Joe, to the point where you put your name in the draft, you can't play college basketball.
00:13That's no longer the case.
00:15Sleeper Celtics account tweets out, the Celtics 2020 second round pick, Yam Madar, is committing to LSU for basketball.
00:25Played in three summer league games in 2021, but has played professionally in Europe for the past six years.
00:32He's going to be 26 in December, Joe.
00:35What do we think about this?
00:36I think we know.
00:38Well, the problem is there's already court cases which have allowed this, Donnie.
00:44So that's the, you know, that's the issue, right?
00:46So, you know, great that you were drafted and you've gone.
00:50And the minute you go to the courts, you open yourself up to this kind of situation.
00:55Instead of the NCAA putting their foot down and just being like, this is not going, this is not how
01:01it works.
01:02Well, then they sue, they go to court, and then the NCAA is like, listen, don't blame me.
01:08We've been trying to get, you know, an antitrust agreement from Congress.
01:11They won't, it's all their fault.
01:13Don't blame us.
01:13It's the court's fault.
01:14So, and this all stems back to the NCAA not nipping this thing in the bud from the start.
01:21And it's, you know, and again, games are always going to evolve.
01:25Games are going to change.
01:26We get that.
01:27But just like the spirit of the NCAA game was, hey, pick a university.
01:31Maybe you don't like to coach.
01:32If you want to transfer, you sit out of years.
01:33So it makes you stick it out.
01:34And maybe it's better for you.
01:36The players don't get paid.
01:37Yeah, they're going to get duffel bags and handshakes and get free tattoos.
01:41Hopefully at this point, some clothes down the street.
01:43But the fact of the matter is, there's no surprise here.
01:45Where is this taking place?
01:46It's LSU.
01:47Remind us, Joe, who the head coach of LSU is once again.
01:50It's Will Wade, who's on Wiretap, paying his players before you even could pay your players.
01:55It's no surprise.
01:56Like, you know what?
01:57It's the wild, wild west out there right now.
01:59We're going to push this to the extreme.
02:01People in LSU don't care.
02:02Hey, maybe it helps their basketball team and you move forward.
02:05But being 25, then 26, then 27 after playing professionally, that's not what collegiate athletics are about.
02:11And I know things are changing.
02:13And the more we like to stay the same, it's just not going to happen.
02:16You see this right here.
02:17It's like, guys, six-year professionals coming back to college basketball.
02:21Who knows at this point right now?
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