FIRST WORD
I’VE GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THESE KIDS GOING TO THE NBA. BUT LET’S NOT CALL THEM ‘STUDENTS.’ BECAUSE WE’RE NOW RECRUITING THESE KIDS FOR AN NBA TRYOUT, NOT GO TO COLLEGE. SO I REALLY THINK THIS IS ABOUT REFORMING A SYSTEM, WHETHER IT’S KENTUCKY, WHETHER IT’S DUKE OR WHETHER IT’S ANOTHER SCHOOL. I THINK ONE-AND-DONE IS NOT GOOD FOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL.” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., talking on “CBS This Morning.” She clarified a tweet made during the NCAA tournament when she said she would root for the team that had players who “are actually going to college.”