Did Gable start something?

[Maxwell Smart]

Diana Taurasi said last night that she still had a year of eligibility left and may come back to help UCONN win a championship again. Are more glory hounds going to come back like Gable, just for the adulation?  It's not for the competition, it's all about the glory. You'll have all the psychophants praise her for her decision and she'll go back to her "glory days" and prevent another person from realizing their dream. Total BS!  

[Wrestleknownothing]

2 hours ago, Maxwell Smart said:

Diana Taurasi said last night that she still had a year of eligibility left and may come back to help UCONN win a championship again. Are more glory hounds going to come back like Gable, just for the adulation?  It's not for the competition, it's all about the glory. You'll have all the psychophants praise her for her decision and she'll go back to her "glory days" and prevent another person from realizing their dream. Total BS!  

No, she doesn't.

[MPhillips]

1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

No, she doesn't.

[KCMO2]

3 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

She played 4 full seasons at UConn, in at least 33 games each season.  She's out of eligibility.

[MPhillips]

1 minute ago, KCMO2 said:

She played 4 full seasons at UConn, in at least 33 games each season.  She's out of eligibility.

Gotcha...

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Doesn't playing in the WNBA count as being a professional athlete?  I would see it equivalent to Lebron James trying to start a college basketball career after playing 20 years in the NBA.

[AgaveMaria]

LeBron didn't go to college. NIL money is there.

Why not?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Just now, AgaveMaria said:

LeBron didn't go to college. NIL money is there.

Why not?

Did something change where you lose amateur status and can't compete in the same sport in college once you are a paid pro?

[HungusMungus]

2 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Did something change where you lose amateur status and can't compete in the same sport in college once you are a paid pro?

He plans on playing tight end for The Ohio State University with hopes to play for Jerra Jones in Dallas

Seems fair since he was a pro basketball player and not football. Now he can be insufferable in two sports. 

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

19 minutes ago, HungusMungus said:

He plans on playing tight end for The Ohio State University with hopes to play for Jerra Jones in Dallas

Seems fair since he was a pro basketball player and not football. Now he can be insufferable in two sports. 

A 5'10 240 pound TE seems viable in the NFL...

[HungusMungus]

2 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

A 5'10 240 pound TE seems viable in the NFL...

I was referring to LeBron

[Tripnsweep]

1 hour ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

A 5'10 240 pound TE seems viable in the NFL...

LeBron James is like 6'7. 

[ionel]

Yes

https://dangable.com/bio/#:~:text=As the University of Iowa's,silver and three bronze medalists.

[fishbane]

1 hour ago, AgaveMaria said:

LeBron didn't go to college. NIL money is there.

Why not?

His grace period is up unless he plays a different sport.  That's how JR Smith and Chris Weinke were able to play NCAA sports after playing different sports professionally out of high school.  If you continue competing/training you get a 1 year grace period to enroll.  After a year your 5 year D1 clocks start ticking whether or not you have enrolled full time.

Military service and Mormon missions keep the grace period going because the individuals are not training/competing in that sport  

Edited November 21 by fishbane

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

1 hour ago, KCMO2 said:

She played 4 full seasons at UConn, in at least 33 games each season.  She's out of eligibility.

Not to mention the eligibility clock... and that she has professionally playing the same sport that she was JOKING about playing in college.

[Scouts Honor]

im still not understanding how his clock isn't up

[Wrestleknownothing]

8 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

im still not understanding how his clock isn't up

2019 Freshman

2020 Let's not talk about it

2021 Free year

2022 Junior

2023 Finding himself redshirt (it is there, but you have to read between the lines)

2024 Oh yeah, I am "trying" out for the Olympics redshirt. I can still do that after the fact, right? Then, yeah.

2025 My first love has always, been will always be, WWE, NFL, MMA, interpretive dance, NCAA wrestling.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

4 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

 

2024 Oh yeah, I am "trying" out for the Olympics redshirt. I can still do that after the fact, right? Then, yeah.

Unlike AJ, he at least qualified for trials

[CHROMEBIRD]

6 hours ago, AgaveMaria said:

LeBron didn't go to college. NIL money is there.

Why not?

Since eligibility is losing its meaning: Henry Cejudo and Aaron Pico, come on down On the women's side, Clarissa could wrestle and be head coach!

[ionel]

2 hours ago, CHROMEBIRD said:

Since eligibility is losing its meaning: Henry Cejudo and Aaron Pico, come on down On the women's side, Clarissa could wrestle and be head coach!

Any regardless of age who didn't get the opportunity to compete in 5 NCAA tournaments should get one more year of eligibility.  It's not their fault they had the misfortune to compete in a pandemic free era.