If you don't know who Brandon Jennings is, he's a total stud basketball recruit for Arizona. In fact, most people consider him the best incoming freshman player in the country. And he has the dopest flattop I've seen in years.

But there's one major problem. Jennings doesn't have the necessary SAT scores yet to get in to Arizona.

So guess what he's considering doing? He might just go to Europe to play pro ball for a year.

And I couldn't be happier. Why? Because let's face it. Stern's minimum one year of college rule before heading to the NBA has absolutely nothing to do with education. It's simply a way to use the NCAA as a minor leagues for the NBA. It's of course a brilliant tactical scheme on Stern's part, but it's completely illegal. So I can vote and die for my country at 18 but I can't be employed? Eventually, some lawyer will dismantle this asinine rule.

But until then, I actually hope that EVERY blue chip recruit decides to do what Jennings just might do. Go to Europe, play against better competition, and get paid.

20 years ago, this probably would have been a bad idea. But these days Europe's level of play is exceptionally high, and most leagues are far superior to the NCAA. And don't think scouts wouldn't be tracking Jennings because he'd be in Europe. Scouts are all over the world these days, and you know they'll be watching Jennings' every move.

The only danger, of course, is that Jennings wouldn't get the playing time in Europe that he would at Arizona. That's definitely a risk, but it seems well worth it to me.

Just imagine every blue chip recruit spending a year or two in Europe before joining the NBA. All they'd be doing is improving their game for a full year. They'd have no classes to worry about, no grades to be concerned about, and no parties to attend. It's almost too perfect. And they'd be getting paid - probably pretty well - in the process.

I hope Jennings blazes a new trail for basketball recruits by going to Europe. It would make me ecstatically happy to see Stern's rule start to fail miserably thanks to the ingenuity of players like Jennings.