09/01: Will LaMelo Ball ever play in college? Is Coach K the most powerful person in the sport?

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🗓️ 1 September 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Gary and Matt are back with an hour-plus Labor Day weekend episode that starts with a long, detailed debate about why LaMelo Ball could be the person to challenge, and potentially change, how the NCAA views amateurism. The pair also discusses the results from their Candid Coaches series on the most powerful people in college basketball. Plus, stories and remembrances of Jud Heathcote and Rollie Massimino, two national championship-winning coaches who died earlier this week. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Gary Mercer.
0:11.4	It's Friday, September 1st.
0:13.0	Welcome back to the Ion College basketball podcast.
0:15.5	Got Mad Norlanda with me and our annual Candy Coach series concludes today with a simple
0:20.6	question.
0:21.6	Who is the most powerful person in college basketball?
0:24.4	We're going to discuss that a little later on.
0:25.9	Perhaps some other Candy Coach's questions as well.
0:28.0	I wanted to start with the big news of the week and that's the fact that Lamello Ball,
0:33.5	the youngest of the big ballers has a signature shoot.
0:36.0	It's priced at $395.
0:38.1	It makes him the first high school player to ever have his own shoot.
0:41.4	It could also be an eligibility concern based on the NCAA rulebook.
0:45.3	Lovar Ball is on record, saying he doesn't really care.
0:47.7	They'll deal with that when they have to deal with that.
0:50.2	But Norlander, I feel like this is something everybody's been discussing over the past 24
0:55.1	hours.
0:56.1	How many people are actually discussing it with a base of knowledge about what possible
1:02.2	eligibility concerns Lamello could face if he were to enroll at UCLA.
1:06.8	I know you reached out to the NCAA where we at on the Lamello Ball, the big ballers
1:13.4	shoot and how it could affect his eligibility as an amateur athlete.
1:20.0	Right now, the NCAA will basically pay no mind to Lamello Ball.
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