This. College basketball doesn't need these guys (early outs). It would do just fine without them. The competetion & the teams are what is important to the fans....rather than a handful of players who think they are bigger than the game itself. As a matter of fact, it would be better off without them, because you would have roster continuity on the college teams and fans would have more time to bond with the players on their respective teams. What college basketball has now is a total mess. The NBA is using it as a free talent evaluation developmental league....to the detriment of college basketball.
How many players are there in college basketball today? If you took 10 players on 250 teams...just to use a random number...that's 2,500 players. How many of those 2,500 are potential early entries? 25? 50?...if that many? That's less than 2%...probably less than 1%... of all the players in college basketball. Does someone like PH...or anyone else...really think that college basketball would just collapse and fans would lose all interest in the rivalries & their respective teams if that tiny group of the players was never part of the college game? That's crazy. Fans go to a Duke/Carolina game to see Duke play Carolina. If a couple of big stars had never gone to those two schools, the fans at that game wouldn't even miss them. The show would just go right on. They would be cheering for the players on their team who were there. As DeacdeTejas correctly stated....if those players weren't there, there would be hundreds more to pick from to hype as stars on the various college teams. The game is bigger than any player or players....no matter how good they are. If the fans want to see those players, they can watch the NBA. That's the proper place for professional players....not on college teams.