Has "one and done" wrecked college basketball?

[LA Ute]

I have a hard time taking Lionel Hollins seriously on matters of basketball. He openly said he can't stand to watch his own son play college ball because he despises the college game so.

What do you think of his comment on the impact of AAU ball? I know little about AAU ball, so I am agnostic.

You're absolutely right. The idea that professional-ability athletes have to go pro in order to provide for themselves and their family, rather than staying in school, earning a degree and being paid a respectable wage for their services is a travestly.

I think a way ought to be found to pay the college guys some of those billions that are flowing in. At a minimum they should make enough to be able to concentrate on school and basketball without having to squeak by. The overwhelming majority of the kids who'd benefit are never going to play at the next level anyway, so we are not talking about making life easier for a bunch of future twenty-something millionaires.