Last Friday, Ben Simmons‘ documentary titled “One and Done” aired on Showtime. It was much-talked about since he lashed out at the NCAA, especially about making money off players who spend a year in college before making their leap to the NBA.

The Philaphia 76ers rookie forward discussed his thoughts on the controversial “one-and-done” rule in the documentary and did not hold back, going as far as calling the NCAA “f—ed up” for taking advantage of sacrifices athletes like himself make.

After reading some comments about the documentary, the NCAA did not take things lightly has since responded to the 20-year-old Australian. No less than their President and former LSU Chancelor, Mark Emmert, had a few choice words for him, making it clear that players like Simmons are not forced to go to college for a year and that it's not them who made the rule.

“I was reading today where someone who played basketball at LSU was very unhappy with the one-and-done rule. That’s not our rule. That’s the NBA’s rule. But (he says) it’s another stupid NCAA rule.

“The one-and-done rule is something I've made no secret about how much I dislike it. It makes a farce of going to school. But if you just want to play in the NBA, you can do that. You can go to Europe or play at a prep school until you're 19. …

“If someone wants to be a pro basketball player and doesn’t want to go to college, don’t go to college. We don’t put a gun to your head. First and foremost, it’s about being a student at a university. We’re in the human development business.”

The rule will continue to be a very controversial one until the NBA changes some of its provisions. During the meetings for the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the league, together with team owners and the NBPA, decided to leave the rule as it is.

With more exchanges like that of Simmons' and Emmert's back-and-forth, perhaps it's only a matter of time until the rule finally does change.