Langley To Hold Over For Another Year - Sort of

[Aggie One]

[Bornthrilla]

It sounds like he is about to transfer to another program for his final year of eligibility. I think this marks the end of his career at A&T.

[Aggie One]

That would not surprise me one bit. In the world of Covid, now with over 800 players in the portal, nothing is a given. Nothing.

[durhamgsoaggie]

[durhamgsoaggie]

[saabman]

Mar 24, 2021 19:51:30 GMT -5 Aggie One said:

If he enters the draft that's it ; there is no coming back .

[Bornthrilla]

That's not true. He entered the draft process last year and still came back to A&T.

The key is whether he hires an agent or not.

[saabman]

Apr 7, 2021 8:22:04 GMT -5 Bornthrilla said:

That's not true. He entered the draft process last year and still came back to A&T.

The key is whether he hires an agent or not.

You are correct Rule change in 2018
bleacherreport.com/articles/2790105-ncaa-announces-cbb-rule-change-to-allow-players-to-return-to-school-if-undrafted. But

The NBA announced on February 26, 2021 that for the 2021 draft only, all college players who wish to enter the draft, regardless of class, will be required to declare eligibility. In October 2020, COVID-19 led the NCAA to declare that the 2020–21 season would not be counted against the college eligibility of any basketball player. The exact language of the CBA with regard to automatic eligibility of college seniors is "The player has graduated from a four-year college or university in the United States, and has no remaining intercollegiate basketball eligibility." Due to the NCAA ruling, every college senior in the 2020–21 season has remaining eligibility. The league was required to consult with the players' union and NCAA to determine whether it would require seniors to opt out of the draft (which was implemented by the NFL for its 2021 draft, affected by a similar NCAA ruling for football) or require opt-ins, with the latter option being chosen. Because of uncertainty surrounding dates of the draft and draft combine, the early entry date for the 2021 draft had not been set at that time.[31]

A player who declares for the draft and stays in it loses his college eligibility when he is drafted. He can sign with any agent following an evaluation from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee, and if he ends up undrafted, he has the opportunity to return to his school for at least another year only after terminating all agreements with that agent, effective with the 2019 draft;[32] until 2018, college players lost their eligibility when they signed with their agents and stayed in the draft, only to be left undrafted.[33] Before 2016, the NCAA only allowed a player to enter the draft once without losing eligibility,[28] but current NCAA rules now allow players to declare for and withdraw from multiple drafts while retaining college eligibility.[29] The CBA allows a player to withdraw twice.[26]