New Proposal to the CBA
The combine itself isn’t the problem to me. I actually think this a good and useful tool that can help teams see who’s truly pro-ready, who needs development and if the the team can offer that, and how they can fit in their system. The W did it for this yr draft, not officially. The real issue tho is the timing and the penalty attached to it. Expecting rookies coming off the most demanding stretch of their college careers with travels, conference play, the NCAA tourney to show up to a mandatory combine isn’t realistic and tying a financial punishment to it crosses into exploitation. No other league punishes players financially for missing a pre-draft event especially for a scheduling problem they didn’t create.
The league wants a possible March start, unpaid for housing and a combine squeezed into an already impossible window. Meanwhile, rookies already enter the W with lower pay, smaller rosters, and un guaranteed contracts. Losing money before they even sign because of issues they can’t control only makes their start in the league harder, hurts development, and puts their health at risk.
How is this going to make anyone want to declare and play in the league. Mind you they are trying to squeeze all this into a small window because they don’t want to compete with other leagues. Genuinely WTF!!!












