[Old School Hound]

I understand and totally respect your opinion WildcatBlue, but I don't agree with it.  Well, not ALL of it.

If the game has never been better, why is it dying?  I know I'm an old fashioned thinker, but when we commercialized basketball (and this includes a lot of ideas recently implemented), I think we cheapened it  and destined a large part of it to be destroyed.  Because some or all of the people involved could cash in on the $$, a lot of schools are doing these things as well.

I don't see this part as an improvement.

The athleticism of today's college player is incredibly good. The lack of fundamentally  sound play exhibited by them on the court is shockingly bad. Are we really surprised that so many  kids can't play sound, disciplined defense?  They didn't have to play defense prior to college. The game has changed a lot since I was a kid and John Wooden was coaching. College now is just a brief pit stop to a NBA career. NIL, transfer portal, one and dones... college sports is not in a good place, imo.