College Basketball: Midseason Starts for Foreign Players

By: ltrepeter2000
HOKIE HOOPS WIZ
on December 17, 2025, 4:14 PM | 2 comments

This article is pretty interesting on a new aspect to the basketball season.

Schools are bringing in players from Overseas to join the team for the second semester to help with injuries. Lack of production or other issues.

The Hokies clearly did it in the offseason but now that cycle continues mid-season.

https://www.si.com/college-basketball/midseason-additions-are-reshaping-...

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HomebrewHokie08's picture HomebrewHokie08
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| 6 months 3 weeks #

Chepkevich also points out that many of the deals teams are looking to sign with midseason additions would be 16-to-18-month contracts that lock the player in for 2026–27 as well, with the added bonus that a two-year deal may allow the school to get creative and backload a deal to make up for not having much money left for this season to pay the player now.

So how is this not pay for play or the player is an employee? Can we just send the farse of student athlete?

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, not the other way around.

ltrepeter2000's picture ltrepeter2000
HOKIE HOOPS WIZ
| 6 months 3 weeks # ^

If its part of the revenue share of the school, it is pay for play. All comes down to how they manage their revenue share.

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