The NBA has and NCAA have come into agreement and trying to pass a new rule that college basketball players must stay two years before they can enter the NBA draft.
If this rule does indeed get approved and pass through the NBA players assosiation it would likley be adopted within two years.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/7996718/Sources:-NBA,-NCAA-hope-to-impose-new-age-limit-rule
As of now, the rule is that a player must be 19-years-old before he can file for the NBA draft.
Personally, I think both of these rules are awful. When one turns 18 years old, they are officaly considered an adult. Those who arn't met for college go and work at 18, or else enter the army, navy, marines, ect. So my question is, If you can go work or fight for your country, why cant you eneter the NBA?
It is such a giant waste of time for players to spend a year or two in college when their skills are already far superior to their compeition. It is like these schools are taking kids on a one or two year loan, knowing that their heart isnt in it and when their time is up, theyre out there. Two years is wasted on education towards these kids when they already have made up their minds that they are leaving for the NBA after a year. This is unfair to the kids who are ready and also unfair to the programs who must reload with talent year after year because kids come to school on a one year loan. Here is a column written by someone who agrees with my point here.
http://dailybruin.com/news/2008/apr/01/inba-age-limit-unfair-freshmeni/
I credit Tom Izzo for recruiting solid kids who he knows have talent, but do not plan to jump right to the NBA after a year. If your a program that consistantly recruits top 10 national players, you see those players leave every year and have no true affiliation to their university.
College is the best time of your life. If you want to go to college to play basketball, make it worth while. For those who are ready for the NBA outa college, they should be able to make that jump. Don't force kids to go to college if they dont want/need to be there.
-Sean Merriman
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The NBA is a business, and businesses are allowed to hire individuals as they see fit. It reminds me of newspaper applications that say "prior internship required." College is that internship for basketball players. Even the presidency has a minimum age requirement, and if it's good enough for the executive branch, it's good enough for the NBA.
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