McDonald's has their own hiring requirements. NBA players are contracted employees. The NBA is a business. You can't begin to argue that. They are athletes but they are also skilled workers. If they can't understand that then McDonald's might be a better option for them.
WOW - guys are missing some of the points here. I think it will mean kids may skip college and go into the NBDL to get paid right away..... I think it could bolster the USA minor leagues......and some kids WILL go to Europe...why not? 18 years old.....playing ball, in another country? It may have the intent on strengthening college, and it may indeed do that, but it sure looks like it could backfire. DD
yeah, like that's gonna happen. that's the stupidity of this argument. like an nba team wouldn't take amare stoudemire because he couldn't pass through two years of college. i'm sure that's where we're headed.
Green would have been "filtered" if this rule was in place. Drafting from high school is all potential and when they saw his hops they said how hard can it be to teach him bball? Answer? Impossible.
I know they haven't and Vince Young is a prime example although there was some talk and uproar about his low scores. So why make them take it at all? It might not make sense but they can put it in place if that is their desire.
I don't know but apparently it doesn't matter so why do you keep asking it doesn't help your argumet if you admit it doesn't matter
If he can't pass 2 years of college then he can either wait until he's 20 here in the US or play in another league. Seems pretty simple.
I'm just saying if the NBA wants to institute this requirement then that is their right to do so. All kinds of jobs have requirements some dealing with education, some dealing with experience, some dealing with characteristics and these requirements might seem dumb and senseless but they still can have them if they want. It doesn't matter but they can do it.
that's fine, let's just not sit here an argue that the farce that is the student/athlete proves anything about these kids. most of these kids shouldn't even be in the colleges they attend so getting pushed through by tons of tutors and easy classes doesn't say anything about their ability to dribble a ball on the next level.
but the requirement isn't college, its age and their are legal issues when you start talking about age requirements. this whole college argument is a distraction
Yup. The NBA could require that you have to eat 30 hotdogs in an hour to be draft eligible if they wanted to.
Look, I disagree with it too but my argument is if they want to make this a requirement then it is their right to do so. I do not like it when high school kids who are possibly ready for the NBA and want to try to make that jump are forced into college. They take up a scholarship that could be used by somebody that did not get one and bam they are only there a year or two. I don't agree with the rule but if they can and want do it then OK.
You may be right, but thousands of kids do spend time in Europe either immediately after high school or during their college years. I can believe there are a lot of kids who don't find the prospect appealing, but I'd think there are just as many who would find it appealing. It certainly wouldn't have scared Kobe Bryant. p.s. legal prostitution and mar1juana use.
I'd also add that at the University I attend, most of the football/basketball players don't show up for half of the classes (whether it is during their teams season or not) and if they do show up, they often fall asleep during class. I've met a few athletes that take their studies seriously, but they are the exception at my school, not the rule. As such, I'd say that even if all of the athletes at my school were to attain their degrees, very few of them would leave with an education.
Because the NBA has anti-trust issues that "many jobs" do not have. If the NBA wants to further raise the age limit they, absolutely, should have to collective bargain it with the union.
