My Age Requirement Proposal/Workaround

rockbox · Jun 10, 2009

I don't believe in age restrictions. If the owners are willing to draft them, let them. If a kid is old enough to die in Iraq for our country, he's old enough to play freaking play a game for money.

peleincubus · Jun 10, 2009

Samar said:

You seem to be doing a good job of taking in to account everything but the most important thing. What do the players want?

You are a guaranteed top 10 talent in the draft coming out of high school, but you have to wait a year. What do you do?

A) Spend a year in the D-league where you get paid near minimum wage to play against other relatively talented players, BUT you get no EXPOSURE. You are a no one to everyone but NBA scouts. Not to mention you have to get a 2nd job at McDonalds. Since no one knows you, they aren't going to just pay you to smile on camera.

B) You go to Europe. Alright, now you are getting paid. But you have ****ty facilities. You have a little more exposure than the D-league, but most people, even in Europe are not going to know who you are.

Oh well, at least you get to play and develop your game, right? Wrong, you are now playing behind talented players who have been there for a while and know the system. So unless you are the next Lebron, Amare, KG you are not going to be getting much playing time. Coach is trying to develop the players he knows will be around next year, not waste time on you.

C) You are a conformist and don't care about working for "the man" or getting exploited, so you choose COLLEGE. Oh wow, you have great facilities. The school is spending millions on your training and development. You are getting plenty of playing time. A few rookie mistakes? Don't worry about it, just play through them. As long as you work hard and try to develop your game, you are going to be out on the floor.

The next game, you hit a game winning shot. Holy crap, you are on SportsCenter! Everyone is talking about the new guy at (insert school) who is playing great. You are becoming a household name. Next, hot girls that used to think that you were SLOTH from the Goonies are coming and talking to you. Inviting you to their sorority parties.

The next day you get invited out with a booster for a dinner so expensive that it matches a months grocery bill. He asks you to come over and play PS3 with his kids, they have every game known to man. If you can keep a secret, he might even let you "rent" out one of his nice cars from his dealership. If there is $5,000 in the glove box randomly, just take it, no questions needed.

What happens if the boosters at the school are legit, and they don't make it rain for their players? You come from a poor family, I guess you have to get a job like the other kids that come from humble backgrounds to pay for expenses. Wait, you don't have any. All your books, tuition, housing, and food are paid for.

So for one year: you played hard, partied hard, drove nice cars, slept with every hot slut in school. If you made it out without a VD, you have just lived 90% of America's dreams (yes, i have done in depth research for that statistic ).

What do you choose?
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you should make money from your writing.

KingCheetah · Jun 10, 2009

emjohn said:

Not counting foreign youngsters:
2005: 9 (3 first rd)
2004: 8 (all first rd)
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I didn't realize the number was so low -- it's a weak policy to restrict these kids when they are eligible for so many other activities/ jobs at 18 years.

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My Age Requirement Proposal/Workaround

Allow a very few HSers to go direct to NBDL and increase college commitment to 2 yrs?

Yes!

Maybe?

No way

I'm confused

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