The other day, Louisville signed G-League player London Johnson. The NCAA allows schools to sign G-League and international players. Was thinking of former UH recruit Bryce Griggs, who signed with Overtime Elite. Any thoughts?
My hunch is that ship has sailed and UH is bringing in younger and more talented players who are better culture fits.
If NIL had been around when Griggs came out of high school, he may have made a different decision.
Low key cheating for obvious reasons like nba basketball training, physical training & practicing against pros at the highest level for 3 years and is 21 going on 22.
If everyone is allowed to do it then it’s not cheating…
Interesting to hear CKS talk about this at Big 12 Media Day. He didn’t even know this was allowed until Tom Izzo brought it up earlier this week. He went to ask Kellen about it and Kellen told him they are currently Targeting/Recruiting someone in the G League.
NCAA Basketball is currently a cluster f*** when it comes to rules right now, that high profile coaches don’t even know what they are.
Signing G-League players takes away ships from high school and college transfers. Doubtful most G-League players are interested in academics. It’s basketball and NIL for them. Do you want your locker room with that type of player?
But we only have Sakho for one year only after playing two years in juco. Make it make sense lol
Welcome to the new normal
This is contradicting after the quotes coach Sampson said in the conference media press conference lol.
So you’re telling me he’ll be committed & signed to a school but be playing professionally in the G league with grown men for a third year lol
I only heard Sampson saying something about the transfer rules. I did not read anything about him not liking d-leaguers coming back to college.
It doesn’t sound like he contradicted anything since he did not know about the rule change or that his staff was recruiting a g-leaguer.
He did criticize the transfer rules.
Most G-League players — outside of the Ignite program — are not earning big money (an average of $40,000/year). The NCAA considers that low of a salary as covering “actual and necessary expenses,” like living costs, travel, housing, etc. Players who were making above the “necessary expenses” have to pay back the difference.
With that logic, the NCAA determined that G-League players aren’t truly professionals in the way the old rule defined it. Under the new approach, G-League players could be deemed eligible for college basketball if they’re still within five year of their high school graduation. The main factor that jeopardizes eligibility is if they’ve gone through the NBA Draft process or previously signed an NBA contract.
I saw on X last night that Cam Reddish was considering going back to college and had 2 years of eligibility left lmao. I didn’t think anything of it, until I found Frank Frischilla in the comments 
Are we losing 4 or 5 starters after this season? The 3 returners plus one or both 5 stars might be gone, therefore we need someone like AA with really good experience.
Plus, somebody is going to transfer out. We know other schools are reaching out to our players.
Wonder if we will see baseball players leave the minors after 2 years and come back to college?
Most likely it would be for the guys who don’t stick and would be losing A ball league minimum salary or maybe a smaller number of guys that could earn enough over 100k from P4 team to justify leaving pro ball.
That assumes that their pro contracts allow it which have no clue on.
Pros–>NCAA
“More schools are recruiting and enrolling individuals who have competed professionally – including many with experience in international and domestic leagues who may find college sports more appealing given the financial benefits now available,” the statement reads. “NCAA rules do allow players who competed professionally prior to collegiate enrollment to retain eligibility for college sports, though in some cases, players may lose seasons of eligibility due to delayed enrollment.”
“Each player’s situation is unique, and these issues arise at a time when NCAA eligibility rules are facing repeated lawsuits with judges enjoining some of these rules. In making its eligibility decisions, the NCAA endeavors to treat prospective student-athletes, whether domestic or international, as consistently as possible given the broad range of backgrounds that can be presented.”
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