For the new crop of one-and-done talents in college basketball, academics are
pointless, according to Philadelphia 76ers rookie star Ben Simmons.
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Showtime Sports?documentary, the former LSU star blames the organization for
wasting his lone year of college by asking him to attend class.The NCAA is
really f---ed up, Simmons said on One and Done, a film that will air on Showtime
on Friday night. Everybodys making money except the players. Were the ones
waking up early as hell to be the best teams and do everything they want us to
do and then the players get nothing. They say education, but if Im there for a
year, I cant get much education.The documentary follows Simmons from his time as
a prodigy in Australia to his high school career at Montverde Academy near
Orlando, Florida, his one year at LSU and his journey to the NBA draft, where he
was selected first overall by the Sixers.Throughout the film, Simmons wrestles
with the trappings of his newfound fame. With agents and shoe companies hovering
in Baton Rouge, Simmons said he had to avoid temptations.At LSU, he said he was
offered a Bentley, a Wraith Rolls-Royce, watches, jewelry, a house ... anything.
It literally is anything. People coming at you, offering you things.Simmons
didnt say who offered him those gifts, which would have made him ineligible to
compete in college. On a trip to a shoe store, he quips that a salesman would
let me take whatever if he asked.His mother, Julie Simmons, claims she feared
the NCAA would eventually unravel her sons stint at LSU. But his sister, Emily
Bush, says she has receipts for every item Simmons purchased while he attended
the school. But that doesnt mean the family approves of the regulations.If you
get a kid whos a child prodigy and plays the violin amazingly, no ones saying to
them you must go to college for a year before you join the philharmonic
orchestra, Julie Simmons said in the film.Friction in the family is evident in
the film as Bush begins to manage her superstar brothers career and minimize the
role of their parents. But the documentary focuses on his collegiate experience
and contempt for the NCAA and its standards.Simmons was barred from the Wooden
Awards final list after he failed to achieve a 2.0 GPA. He was also benched for
four-plus minutes of a conference matchup for missing a class.In one scene,
filmed last season, Simmons said he had no intention of attending class after he
became eligible for the second semester.I got Bs and Cs; Im not going to class
next semester because I dont need to, Simmons said. ... Im here to play, Im not
here to go to school.Collegiate athletes who are eligible by the end of first
semester can also compete in the second semester, even if their academics slip.
Simmons admits he stopped caring about class.[Coach] Jones said, We need to make
up a punishment if you miss another class, Simmons said. I missed my next class
about preparing for better study habits. Im going to the NBA next season. Why
bull---- if its not going to help me?Simmons also said the NCAA used him to make
money, so he planned to become a voice for college athletes after he left
LSU.The NCAA is messed up, Simmons said. I dont have a voice. ... I dont get
paid to do it. Dont say Im an amateur and make me take pictures and sign stuff
and go make hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars off one person. ... Im
going off on the NCAA. Just wait, just wait. I can be a voice for everybody in
college. Im here because I have to be here [at LSU]. ... I cant get a degree in
two semesters, so its kind of pointless. I feel like Im wasting time.
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