Richard Behel

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@Hero_OfThe_Day @Rick24Barry Same for college basketball, walking, carrying the ball, 3 seconds never called, way too much contact by defense and offense allowed, call the rules!!!!!

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@panikpr @EricLDaugh The “Russian” ice skater just got her American citizenship in the last year, she has Russian heritage but she’s American

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@tg_jordan16 @DawgsUnited @heitner That’s a ridiculous argument, he signed a contract worth over $1 million and then the NCAA said he was good, you can try to split the 2 way contract hair if you want, but it just proves the hypocrisy in the NCAA and rules enforcement, Bediako never played a minute in an NBA game

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@T_Bowen10 @heitner Agree, so why is one allowed to play?

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@DawgsUnited @heitner I don’t believe ANY former pros should be allowed to play college BB, I’m just saying that you can’t claim that you have rules and then selectively enforce them, ban some players and allow others that fall in the exact same categories

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@_garry645 @T_Bowen10 @heitner I totally agree, there are multiple cases where players should be ineligible, Nnaji, London Johnson at Louisville, etc etc but the issue is selectively enforcing rules, total BS, that’s why the NCAA will cease to exist for the major schools in basketball and football

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@tg_jordan16 @DawgsUnited @heitner How about London Johnson, Louisville? He played 3 years in the G League (Ignite, Celtics and Charge teams) and the NCAA declared him eligible to play

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@DawgsUnited @heitner You’re an idiot, every player in college basketball is a pro now, and like Bediako, James Nnaji entered the draft and was selected 31st, but the NCAA is allowing him to play at Baylor, hypocrisy, selective enforcement, that’s unfair, apply the rules to everyone or no one

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@JOBuras @heitner Does that PERIOD also apply to James Nnaji who entered the NBA draft and was actually selected in the first round by the Detroit Pistons, the NCAA is allowing him to play at Baylor, hypocrisy

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@T_Bowen10 @heitner And yet it doesn’t, the NCAA is allowing James Nnaji to play at Baylor and he not only entered the draft, he was selected in the first round, 31st overall pick, by the Detroit Pistons, that’s the whole issue with the NCAA, they selectively try to enforce rules sometimes

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@DickieV @AuburnMBB @AlabamaMBB @kenpomeroy @SEC @DickyV People are playing college basketball today who signed G League contacts and played G League ball, London Johnson at Louisville for example, and allowed to play by the NCAA. You can quote the rule book all you want but the NCAA opened this door

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@c_rassi @ScottHughesCBB You think the NCAA should also disqualify Baylor (Nnaji), Louisville (Johnson) and all the other schools with professionals playing that they declared to be eligible? Alabama and Bediako didn’t create this, the NCAA did when they allowed the first pro to play college ball.

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@rhendrix35 And as soon as the NCAA allowed the first G League professional play in college (Nnaji at Baylor, Johnson at Louisville, etc etc) then they forfeit the right to selectively declare others ineligible, never mind the dozens of European pros that are playing with no problems

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@BlunierRandi @JimmyDa50928143 @ConnorEaregood London Johnson, 3 year G league player now at Louisville, Nnaji Euro pro playing for Baylor, Bama/Bediako didn’t open this door and if those guys are eligible then so is Bediako, consistent application of the law

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@scotchanglican @TwinDadDoug @ConnorEaregood What about Nnaji who the NCAA allowed to play at Baylor, he was drafted (Bediako went undrafted) and then played professionally for FC Barcelona (Eurostashed) and I guarantee he wasn’t playing for room and board, he’s the only precedent necessary, NBA G vs Euro irrelevant

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@TwinDadDoug @ConnorEaregood TRY to explain away Nnaji who the NCAA allowed to play at Baylor

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@TwinDadDoug @ConnorEaregood James Nnaji, 21 y/o, drafted in 2023, playing at Baylor after playing professionally in Europe since 2019, Filip Jovic, 21 y/o freshman at Auburn after playing professionally in Serbia for several years in the same league that Jokic (NBA MVP) played in, these are not HS kids

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

@BigBadConvos @ConnorEaregood Why is G League different than signing professional contracts in Europe? Bediako never played a minute in the NBA.

[Richard Behel @RichardB0222]

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