Finally, an NCAA decision we can applaud! The NCAA just announced it is pushing back the date by which men’s basketball players must remove their names from the NBA Draft toten days after the conclusion of the NBA Draft Combine. This means players can go through the Combine/evaluation process in depth before deciding whether or not they want to return to school, a very positive development.

 

Also big: the Division I Council also ruled players may also enter the NBA Draft multiple times without jeopardizing their eligibility and can participate in the NBA Draft Combine and one tryout per NBA team per year. Again, this will help players make better decisions about whether or not they want to return to school or enter the Draft, a pretty huge thing for a program like Kentucky.

 

In the past, the NBA underclassman eligibility deadline was a week or so after the Championship in April. With the 2016 NBA Draft Combine scheduled for May 11-15, this means the new declaration deadline will be May 25. Right now, the Spring Signing Period for recruits ends on May 18, meaning there’s still a week between when recruits must sign their letters of intent to when current college players must decide whether or not they’re going pro. That’s a big gap, and could be an issue with players who want to see who’s going to the pros before making their decisions. Hopefully the NCAA pushes that date back as well, but that might be too much logic to ask for at once.

 

 

NCAA pushes back NBA Draft declaration date to 10 days after NBA Combine | Kentucky Sports Radio

I see you, NCAA.

Good.

It's amazing that it's took them this long to get this process right. Then again it's also amazing that they have moved on this at all.

Now the NBA needs to get rid of the one and done rule and we'll be all good.

I imagine most players who attend the Combine will declare. I just don't see a 19 year old who has DOMINATED his entire life not take the chance to make 7 figures while playing the game he loves and accomplishing what just about every youth basketball player in the world dreams about.

Don't like the week gap between declaring for the draft and signing an LOA.

Now the NBA needs to get rid of the one and done rule and we'll be all good.

 

I doubt they ever do. Even though I think anyone who can play should earn a living off of it. This isn't a priority for the players union there is no real benefit for current players by making a push for this.

Don't like the week gap between declaring for the draft and signing an LOA.

 

Me neither. I think they need to adjust this as well.