Will this be more effective for kids to get full scholarships?

If the NCAA and the NBA are so interested in youth basketball, perhaps they should start by broadcasting the games when these kids can watch them without jeopardizing their sleep on school nights. It's a shame that many young people and some adult college basketball fans had to miss the tremendous finale between Kansas and Memphis last night due to a 9 pm EST start time.

It seems that college and professional sports have forgotten America's youth when it comes to deciding between TV money and it's audience. Prime time cares little for the under 18 generation. I understand that it's a business, but every business must make ethical decisions about bottom line and doing the right thing.

I wish that they were more consistent in that regard. The NCAA,NBA and MLB have sold their souls for the great American past time, capitalism. Let every decision hinge on what's best for our youth instead of trying to rake in every dollar and fix them after they are broken. The greed has gotten the best of the NCAA and all professional sports at the expense of our youth. Have the courage to tell the networks when you want the games on and demand that the culture of sports and network television change for the better. Our kids deserve it and so do we!

I honestly believe this is a way for the level of game play to stay consistent with foreign developmental strategies they incorporate. We all know that there has been a drop off in American fundamental talent over the past 10 years in the NBA, and it is because the players are not being developed with the skill sets of foreign players. The NBA was drafting based upon athletic potential first and foremost, and now it has come to bite them in the rear end. We have struggled to regain the glory we once had with International Competition, so I feel that are many objectives by all of the governing bodies involved, but the ultimate ulterior motive is for the U.S. to regain its glory on an international stage. This season the NBA announced that it will start adding European franchises in the near future, and it is my belief that is because the foreign leagues are starting to compete with NBA franchises, and going neck and neck with them.

In a sense, the NBA and NCAA are trying to get a stranglehold on what the high school kids are doing during the summer. For the sake of the game, someone should....because AAU basketball is more about game play than anything else. The AAU circuit showcases offense only, and that is about it. It is like pick-up games, and it needs to incorporate more fundamentals

lol joe don't be crazy. is it so bad to let your kids stay up late one night of the week? is it not possible to get a little more sleep tonight?

I have to wake up at 645am, but I stayed up to watch the game, I will go to bed an hour or 2 earlier tonight. But it won't effect me one bit.

Come on dude!

Seriously, Joe, get a grip. The game started at 6 pm on the west coast. 6 is a little early, isn't it? I mean the NCAA must not care about children in California, because they intentionally scheduled this game right in the middle of dinner. Sheesh.