More than one-third of respondents believe that college basketball programs should recruit blue-chip athletes that might leave after a year or two, according to the latest poll on the Double-A Zone (www.doubleazone.com).

While 38 percent of respondents believe coaches should go after blue-chippers all of the time, 43 percent say it’s a gamble that needs to be considered. The remaining 19 percent of respondents said recruiting those types of players is a mistake because the uncertainty creates too many issues.

On the poll’s corresponding blog post, Double-A Zone readers published their thoughts on the topic. One wrote that “It all depends on how a program plans when it signs a player it knows won't be around for four years. As long as the coach and player do their research and assess the possibilities in the draft when the player makes the decision to leave, it is something programs have to live with. There will always be surprise early-entrants, but I believe most coaches know when they recruit a player that will only be around their program for a year or two.”

Another commenter took a different approach to the question: “While there are many cases in which a blue-chipper attends college with the intent of staying and then is convinced otherwise by an outstanding freshman-year performance, those prospects who have absolutely no intention of engaging in the college structure do in fact damage the integrity of a program. The NCAA's harshest critics feed off of the ‘NCAA as a minor league’ mentality to begin with. Premeditated one-year wonders only support that argument.”

A new Double-A Poll is posted on the blog this week, asking whether or not female athletes should steer clear of endorsements that promote their sexuality instead of athletics prowess. To cast your vote, log on to the Double-A Zone (www.doubleazone.com).