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NFL Draft Prospect Jalen Carter Arrested for DUI, Future in Jeopardy

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Jalen Carter's DUI Arrest: Will It Ruin His Shot at NFL Stardom?

Georgia Bulldogs football player Jalen Carter, who is a top prospect in the upcoming NFL draft, was arrested early Tuesday morning for driving under the influence. Carter was pulled over by police after they observed him swerving and driving at a high rate of speed. After performing field sobriety tests, Carter was arrested and charged with DUI. Carter is a defensive tackle who was a key player…

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Georgia star defensive lineman Jalen Carter was racing and driving recklessly in the crash that killed one of his teammates and a team staffer, police say.

Police issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for the top 2023 NFL Draft prospect, who is currently at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, in connection with the Jan. 15 crash.

Carter was driving a 2021 Jeep Trackhawk “in a manner consistent with racing” the morning that Georgia player Devin Willock and recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy died, according to an investigation by Athens-Clarke County Police.

“The evidence demonstrated that both vehicles switched between lanes, drove in the center turn lane, drove in opposite lanes of travel, overtook other motorists, and drove at high rates of speed, in an apparent attempt to outdistance each other,” the Athens-Clarke County Police Department said in a release Wednesday morning.

“Evidence indicated that shortly before the crash the Expedition was traveling at about 104 miles per hour.”

An Atlanta Journal-Constitution report on Wednesday said Carter, 21, told police he was about a mile away from the crash, and then later said he was following the car that had crashed.

Carter then told police, per the report, that he was alongside the other car. The report said Carter left the crash scene and returned 90 minutes later.

Carter was scheduled to speak to reporters in Indianapolis on Wednesday morning, though that was canceled once news of the arrest warrants broke.

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Click to read Police Issue Arrest Warrant For Georgia Player Jalen Carter, Top NFL Prospect, In Fatal Crash

Carter would be a top 5 pick in the NFL draft. March 1, 2023, 11:13 a.m. ET • 4 min read An investigation found that Chandler LeCroy, a member of the team’s recruiting staff, and Carter were racing shortly after they left central Athens and that alcohol abuse, racing, reckless driving and speed were contributing factors to the crash in which LeCroy and Devin Willock perished, one offensive.…

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The NCAA Solution

The NCAA is engulfed in flames. Coaches are being arrested and players are wondering if they’re going to be deemed ineligible after the bombshell FBI-corruption story has continued to gain steam. Big L said it best on “The Enemy” “Them Federals got my phone and my house tapped, praying that I fall for the mousetrap, I doubt that” (Note that this is the first time someone can equate the lyrics of Lamont Coleman with Sean Miller). No coach is currently ‘fresh as hell’ while the feds have been sniffing around the sport. With this rampant corruption going on, the NCAA has 2 choices: either fight harder to preserve the con that is “amateurism,” vacate every National Championship won ever and put every team implicated in the FBI probe on probation to the point where even Arkansas might actually have a shot at the National Championship or FINALLY bend the rules and allow the players to eat some of the billions of bread that’s being spread out to everyone but them. However, to find a fully satisfactory solution, leagues like the NBA and NFL (notice the similarities?) have to assist in giving players an option to earn the money they are entitled to receive. Here are some steps on how to get the NBA (and NFL, though this will predominantly focus on the NBA) and the NCAA there:

1. Allow players to make money off their name & likeness in college: This seems pretty easy and obvious. The FBI is not digging into college for breaking federal laws regarding players receiving benefits. Rather, since it is an NCAA rule, the premise of the NCAA as a business is what is under attack. Think how backwards that sounds. Anyway, under NCAA rules, players are/will be deemed ineligible if they receive impermissible outside benefits, ranging from money to airplane tickets (apparently). This is the biggest issue regarding the FBI investigation. The NCAA is just about to embark in the 8th year of a 22 year, $19.6 billion deal with CBS and Turner to televise the NCAA Tournament. ESPN finalized a 12 year deal worth over $500 million a year to televise the College Football Playoffs. That doesn’t even begin to mention the amount of money paid to televise the regular season, which is why these programs pay the players under the table to get them; More games on television, more merchandise sold, more tickets sold all means more for the universities, while the players get none, or get deemed ‘cheaters’ when they do to give themselves and/or their families some extra money they likely need due to coming up in unfortunate circumstances. The Power 5 conferences make over $250 million off the backs of these unpaid players. If they’re making that type of money, its not too much to let the players, even those in lesser known conferences, be able to make some money any other college student would make in any other circumstance.

2. Give players a fixed amount of money for use after graduation and/or their collegiate athletic career: Previously we went over how each Power 5 conference got paid. While many yearn for players to at least make money off their likeness like I did earlier, there still certainly is a space for players to get paid by their universities. With how much money they make the universities in either sport, players should be able to get a piece of that pie. Isn’t that the purpose of college? To position young men/women to make themselves a living in a booming industry of their choosing? It isn’t their fault the NCAA is one of those, yet their pay structure pays students only in the form of education, not dollars. The likeness issue is more reflected in the previous paragraph, which would allow players to get money on the side and pay for day to day needs and wants, such as food, clothes, electronics, rent, etc. This payment, however, is meant to serve players for their lives after athletics. Not every player will make the professional ranks of their respective fields and a few thousands of dollars could go a long way to help set them up for the next stage of their lives in whatever they choose to go to. How much each athlete would receive could be collectively bargained for by establishing a labor union set up for each conference. If players decide to enter college athletics, these first 2 steps allow them to be taken care of properly both during and after their collegiate careers.

3. Eliminate the ‘1 & Done’ Rule in the NBA and lower the Age Requirement for entry in the NFL Draft to 2 years: The MLB has established that players straight out of high school are eligible for the draft. If they elect not to enter the draft, they are again eligible after 3 years of service for their respective university/universities. The NHL legislated that players who are 18 years old are eligible to enter their draft. The difference? The NBA mandates basketball players wait a year after their high school graduation before they become eligible for the NBA draft, while the NFL makes them wait for 3 years after high school graduation. The result leads to a diminished college product, while some, certainly not all, players squander a year away meddling their time in college against lesser competition when they are ready for the league immediately. The coaching and strength/conditioning is certainly palpable enough for players to enhance their games to an elevated level, but not as enhanced as the professional ranks where players are able to spend even more time with greater resources honing in their craft. The result should be to allow players be able to enter the draft sooner to maximize their earning window as far as that window can be extended. Players who are ready, or feel they are ready and/or need to provide for their families in treacherous circumstances. However, as successful as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, etc. have been as high school draft entrants or even “1 & Dones” have been like Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving or the entire state of Kentucky has been, not everyone is as lucky or successful, which is why I recommend this added element to this proposal: players who apply for the NBA Draft (or any, for that matter) and do not get drafted or receive an NBA contract should be allowed to re-enter the college ranks and continue on with their remaining years of eligibility. The NBA has already created a rule for college prospects to enter their names into the NBA Draft two times and extended the time to be eligible for the draft until after the NBA Combine, giving players more time and information as to whether or not they should enter the draft. Team personnel (scouts, general managers, etc) want to collect as much information as they can as well, and this could be a reasonable solution to allow players to enter the draft earlier when they deem themselves ready while also giving them an outlet to return to college and let professional teams see the progress they’ve made. The bottomline should be that players should be able to enter the draft whenever they are ready and have a plan to fall back on should things go awry.

4. Establish one G League affiliate for every NBA team and invest into it to raise players’ salaries: While the G League has grown since its infancy, it is not up to par with alternative basketball options, primarily college and overseas. As of the 2016-17 season, the maximum G League salary a player could accumulate was just $26,000. The next level salary was $19,500, about $4,000 above minimum wage. To attract young prospects who want to jump immediately into professional ranks but don’t want to throw their feet into the NBA fire, the G League has to give players more incentive to join their league and continue to grow it. How can they give that? Let them get more money. The league has expanded to 26 teams currently after being founded with only 8 teams, with the Washington Wizards establishing their sibling franchise next season. Giving all 30 teams their own G League team allows more players to become developed with professional coaching and training, all while getting paid in the process, similar to MLB and NHL’s minor league system. Players of note entering the G League would drive more interest into the G League and more revenue. More teams also will generate more revenue for the G League and perhaps could allow for parent franchises to their G League affiliate’s expenses. The G League has already added 2 way contracts that allow players to spend 45 days with their parent NBA franchise, earning NBA-minimum money while in the NBA. This allows more players the opportunity to make a name for themselves in the NBA while still getting the chance to grow in the G League. Perhaps something similar could be in the cards for these young prospects electing to enter the G League, giving fans something to watch out for before they enter the NBA. Another option for the G League would be to allow players who left the NCAA to join their league, as ESPN’s Jonathan Givony noted. Lifting the rule mentioned in that article would allow players to leave college and join the G League should their eligibility be taken from them or the team has not performed up to par they expected, or any other circumstance. Adding the talent pool and investing in its future could propel the G League as a viable alternative to the NCAA not just for college prospects to advance their basketball careers, but players of all walks of life hoping to make it to the NBA.

Will these changes happen? I am hopeful, but it is likely it won’t. However, it sure is a hell of a lot better than having the feds buggin’ the life of the NCAA, to paraphrase the Hall of Fame poet Shawn Carter. It will take something even more drastic from the part of the players to bring forth change, which is why both ESPN’s Jay Williams and Jalen Rose have advocated for players to boycott the NCAA Tournament. That would surely grab the attention of everyone that the time for exploiting college athletes is over. The players deserve better and the sport itself deserves better rather than continue uplifting the farce that is “amateurism.” Its complicated, but a solution is certainly possible. Hopefully the NBA, the G League and the NCAA can work together to form a solution. The NBL in Australia has just launched a “New Stars” program that allows potential College-eligible players to join their professional league and earn roughly $78,000 U.S. dollars, per ESPN. It is time to provide a palpable solution in the United States. Hopefully it’ll happen sooner rather than later.

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Click to read Arrest warrants have been issued for ex-Georgia star and NFL designer Jalen Carter

ESPN news services10:25 a.m. ETRead for 3 minutes Police have obtained arrest warrants for the former Georgia star Jalen Carter due to the alleged involvement of the top NFL draft prospect in a fatal crash involving a teammate. The Athens-Clarke County Police Department announced Wednesday that Carter will be arrested for reckless driving and racing. The announcement came hours later That…

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Click to read Arrest warrants have been issued for ex-Georgia star and NFL designer Jalen Carter

ESPN news services3:25 PM GMTRead for 3 minutes Police have warrants for the former’s arrest Georgia star Jalen Carter coming from above NFL draft alleged involvement of prospect in a fatal crash involving a teammate. The Athens-Clarke County Police Department announced Wednesday that Carter will be arrested for reckless driving and racing. The announcement came hours later That reports the…