#1 NBA pick Ben Simmons rips the NCAA and the 'one and done' system

[Deberg_1990]

http://www.cbssports.com/college-bas...entley-at-lsu/

In a new documentary that will air at 9 p.m. ET on Friday on Showtime, Philadelphia 76ers rookie and No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft Ben Simmons rips the NCAA for what he feels is exploitation of him in preventing him from being paid for his play at LSU. Transcript from ESPN:


"The NCAA is really f---ed up," Simmons said on "One and Done," a film that will air on Showtime on Friday night. "Everybody's making money except the players. We're the ones waking up early as hell to be the best teams and do everything they want us to do and then the players get nothing. They say education, but if I'm there for a year, I can't get much education."

"[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?"

"The NCAA is messed up," Simmons said. "I don't have a voice. ... I don't get paid to do it. Don't say I'm an amateur and make me take pictures and sign stuff and go make hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars off one person. ... I'm going off on the NCAA. Just wait, just wait. I can be a voice for everybody in college. I'm here because I have to be here [at LSU]. ... I can't get a degree in two semesters, so it's kind of pointless. I feel like I'm wasting time."

[jaa1025]

The fault of the leagues not the NCAA. You should be able to go pro out of highschool. If you choose to go to college, you should be required to commit for 4 years or pay back your scholarship if you leave early.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by jaa1025

The fault of the leagues not the NCAA. You should be able to go pro out of highschool. If you choose to go to college, you should be required to commit for 4 years or pay back your scholarship if you leave early.

Why would they have to pay anything back? Scholarships aren't awarded on a 4 year basis.
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[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by -King-

Why would they have to pay anything back? Scholarships aren't awarded on a 4 year basis.
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Some are.

And A LOT of them have contingencies attached - GPA, field of study, etc.