1) Skip Sauer of The Sports Economist proposes that the NIT Tournament be restructured like the FA Cup in England (with the NCAA akin to the League Cup), and he also details Bobby Knight's testimony in the NIT v. NCAA antitrust trial. Very interesting post by Skip, who has consistently offered creative strategies for enhanced competition between the NIT and NCAA.
2) Henry Abbott of True Hoop asks me about the high school seniors who weren't drafted:
One of Maurice Clarett's former lawyers, Michael McCann, has been assembling evidence that the NBA's new age restriction may not be fair. He has compiled two studies that I know of, both of which have been mentioned here before:
So, that all seems pretty convincing to me. But then the other day I had an "aha!" moment. Perhaps the real victims of letting high-schoolers into the NBA is not the players who make it, but those who declare for the draft and never get picked. In theory, these kids could have gone from top NCAA prospects to down-and-out basketball vagabonds thanks to a misguided dream of skipping college for untold riches. Perhaps the NBA could make a case that it would disallow youngsters to prevent this.
- One that shows high-schoolers have succeeded extraordinarily as NBA basketball players.
- Another showing that NBA players straight from high school are less likely to have brushes with the law.
I e-mailed Michael McCann to see if he had accounted for the undrafted high-schoolers. I have edited his e-mails slightly for length, but he responded as follows:
[check out Henry's post for the rest]
3) Christopher Uggen, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota, analyzes my NBA Player Arrest study on his blog. He incorporates a number of charts and other analytical tools, and provides a fascinating discussion of the data. If you found the study interesting, be sure to see his response. He offers an engaging sociological perspective.
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