You're okay if a football player finishes the season, and fall semester, but doesn't return for spring semester to finish the year? I get the timing thing looks strange in Jackson's situation, with him only having a month left. I'm just not sure it's all that different. He must want to focus on the draft, and he has a shorter window to do so when compared to the football players. It wouldn't have been my decision, but I'm not the one facing that opportunity, so it's difficult to say. And it sounds like his stock went up quite a bit after the tourney.
If he's taking care of business while in school and not getting into trouble, I just can't get all that worked up about it. I'd probably jump at the money too.