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College basketball has quite a conundrum on its hands with eligibility rules, and it’s coming to a had rapidly.
The latest player attempting to get reinstated is former UCLA guard Amari Bailey, who was a one-and-done with the Bruins after the 2022-23 college basketball season and played in 10 regular-season games in the NBA with the Charlotte Hornets.
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“Right now I’d be a senior in college,” Bailey told ESPN in a statement. “I’m not trying to be 27 years old playing college athletics. No shade to the guys that do; that’s their journey. But I went to go play professionally and learned a lot, went through a lot. So, like, why not me?”
While he isn’t the first player to do rejoin the NCAA after declaring for the NBA, Bailey is the first to have actual NBA playing experience, to which NCAA senior vice president of external affairs Tim Buckley said in a statement on Jan. 30 that the NCAA will not grant an eligibility waiver “to any players who have signed an NBA contract.”
American Conference commissioner Tim Pernetti also expressed his frustration on the matter on social media.
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“Another unnecessary potential obstacle for an aspiring high school athlete. Hard no,” Pernetti said.
Those aren’t the only reactions from those within college athletics and college basketball, with some reactions including AI generating photos of NBA players playing in college uniforms like LeBron James, who never attended college, and Nikola Jokic.
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College basketball reacts to Amari Bailey college basketball re-instatement request
Here’s a snippet of reactions from social media on Bailey’s ask to re-enter college basketball:
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