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Can you play college (NCAA) after playing SEABL?

My son played SEABL Championship for two years straight out of U18's. He was recruited because of his SEABL experience as he didn't have a National profile prior to playing SEABL. Chances are he wouldn't have been given a Division 1 offer and was signed early. He signed November in his Year 12 year.
Tips:
Play because you love it.
Don't get any pay for playing (SEABL will pay for uniforms, flights, hotels meals etc).
Sit your SAT early.
Enrol in the Clearing House asap.
Good luck!

Tom Abercrombie was ready to throw the towel in after his US College experience.

My daughter is now playing Div 1 in the US as a fresh(wo)man and in the past two years has played SEABL and QBL over the past two years.

Salient points:
- Redshirting is different to losing eligibility. Redhsirting means you can't play but can practice and study but don't lose any eligibility. Most players get four years of eligibility.
- You can now play at any level as long as you don't accept payment or rewards in excess of the costs of participating - ie, you can fly, travel, stay in hotels, have meals provided but not beyond what they deem to be real costs. This has been introduced to allow the foreigners (like our kids) to play at a level where people are paid without affecting their eligibility.
- the trade-off is you must enrol at your first opportunity or not play (I call it the Andrew Gaze rule) which is meant to combat the foreigners who could notionally play unpaid for five years in an elite competition and then head to the US with full eligibility intact. This means if you finished school in 2012, you must enrol in August 2013 or stop playing organised basketball in November 2013 in order to maintain eligibility.
- academic eligibility is another question altogether as you really need to put this plan in place prior to starting Year 9 (you need four years across basic areas and some other stuff) and took me an eternity to get sorted even though we were wielding an SAT in the 1300s (required a 780 to be eligible for her school).

Its pretty straightforward and there are a number of credible providers who can provide guidance on the issue for you. Start with the NCAA Clearinghouse and don't necessarily trust the school which is recruting you - they have as much trouble keeping track of the rules as we do.

Hope that helps.

AIS is/was essentially classified as a residential High School by the NCAA clearing house.

NCAA rules do change on a fairly regular basis.

Within the last 15 years there were enforced NCAA rules thriough which people who played on OZ teams which paid other players ( but not them) to play in the same team were rulled ineligible. Eg SA top open competitions, VBA , SEABL etc. Also in some of those years people who simply played in a league where other teams played some players were ruled ineligible.

CJ Bruton was a good exmple.

yup Tai has played garbage minutes a few times this season, in his first game he fluffed a dunk in the open court and has even managed to get some minutes with Corey. Isaac Fotu also played a few mins last season as a development player before heading to the UH Warriors.

Most of these comments are correct in the general sense, regarding payment, but you should definitely be contacting your club, a state basketball official or inquire with the college(s) you would likely be applying to. Maybe even try contacting the NCAA or Basketball Australia?

Tai Webster is an uncontracted development player. As development players are not payed nor travel he is fine as was Isaac Fotu. Steven Adams played NZBL as an unpaid rookie and is still eligible. Pretty sure if you google NCAA participation rules the magical interweb will answer your question.

Hugh Greenwood played with the Hobart Chargers before his New Mexico stint began. Was also a chance to suit up when he returned during mid-year break.

His sister played all last year with the Lady Chargers and she's off to NM next year.

Strictly speaking, as long as you don't get paid.

If you don't get paid, you will be fully eligible and colleges will be keen.


You are now, allowed to get some payment as long as it is "essential living costs"...This was the issue of the Enes Kanter case.

But don't even accept "essential living cost" payments because it will just turn colleges away as they don't want to deal with eligibility issues (UK only did it with Kanter because he was such a huge recruit)

Tai Webster plays for the NZ Breakers & he is going to college next year.

As long as you don't get a financial benefit from the club, such as flights, wages, etc, then you should be safe to play.

I'm not 100% confident, but I think that's reason why Tai plays the home games, because I didn't see his name listed against sydney 2 weeks ago.

Hey folks,

I've just bought myself a PS3 and want to know how many of you have played both and which is better? I played NBA Live 2008 the other day and wasn't at all impressed, especially with the pace of the game, the shooting arrangements, and the general lack of excitement involved.

I want to try NBA 2k8.. anyone played it and what are your thoughts?

Cheers