- Jun 10, 2004
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got this from a kentucky sports radio blog:
NBA and NCAA discussing new age rule (2 years of college before draft)???
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found this:
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[h2]Apr 06, 2008[/h2]
[h3]NBA 2-year rule could be announced Monday[/h3]
Update at 7:50 a.m. Monday: USA Today reports announcement will concern summer youth basketball, not the age-limit rule.
Update: Here's another link about the announcement. Also, the Raleigh News & Observer believes that the announcement will concern the age-limit rule.
Update: Here's an argument that the announcement will not have anything to do with the age-limit rule. Instead, the announcement could be a joint partnership concerning youth basketball. We shall see.
Another update: Brand says here that the NCAA has "no role whatsoever in the age-limitation rule, because that is entirely a management/labor issue within the NBA." That would seem to suggest that the announcement on Monday will not be about a possible 2-year rule.
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Here's the post from this afternoon:
Here at the Final Four we've just received a press release that NCAA President Myles Brand and NBA Commissioner David Stern are "to make a major announcement" at a joint press conference here at 2 p.m. on Monday.
Speculation is the announcement could be that the league is raising the age limit for players coming into the NBA from 19 to 20, meaning a player must have have two years of college basketball, or an equivalent, before joining the professional ranks.
Most college coaches have said they are in favor of the rule, including Kansas coach Bill Self, who at his between-day press conference just said. "(One-year) is a bad rule. I wish it was two."
It's unclear when the change would take effect. The league would have to reach an agreement with the NBA Players Union, and the current collective bargaining agreement runs through the 2010-11 season.
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- Jan 28, 2003
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I hate the stupid age limit/college experience rule for all sports.
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- Jan 28, 2003
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Originally Posted by NYK orange and blue
ehh, i thought the 1 year rule was good enough
The one year rule is worse than no rule. All you have to do is go to class your fall semester. Once you get to the spring, you don't have to doanything to stay eligible.
- Aug 2, 2005
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man i hope this doesnt happen, trying to keep dudes in school
i know these cats arent trying to go to school man, just make the nba
theyll probably fail out and not be able to play later, most of the top dudes show up to class half the time
i know these cats arent trying to go to school man, just make the nba
theyll probably fail out and not be able to play later, most of the top dudes show up to class half the time
- Jun 11, 2007
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the rule is pretty stupid to me. if the guys wanna go pro then let them go pro. its senseless to make someone go to college if they have zero interest in beingthere. with the ncaa always looking at graduation rates and all that, these rules certainly dont help.
- May 30, 2006
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Not getting into this debate again, but I like it...
- Jun 8, 2006
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ehhhh...I'm on the fence about this.
But it wouldn't be a bad thing...no kid is going to hurt themselves in the big picture by attending college for 2 years.
But it wouldn't be a bad thing...no kid is going to hurt themselves in the big picture by attending college for 2 years.
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- Jan 27, 2004
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what happend to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
- May 11, 2005
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It's patently obvious. Few of the top prospects care about school at all. If you don't care about school you shouldn't even be playing collegebasketball. The NBA can make as many rules as they want. As long as colleges continue to allow their institutions to be gutted and compromised with revenuestreams over academic standards they will continue to decline as any reputable institution.
The NBA isn't a free market. It's a private monopoly sometimes known as a cartel. People do not organize private monopolies for the benefit of peoplethat aren't already in the monopoly. They organize it to make it harder to get inside the monopoly so as to keep more of the money for the existingmembers.
The NBA isn't a free market. It's a private monopoly sometimes known as a cartel. People do not organize private monopolies for the benefit of peoplethat aren't already in the monopoly. They organize it to make it harder to get inside the monopoly so as to keep more of the money for the existingmembers.
- Aug 16, 2006
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I have no problem with this. Whats the point of going to college for only one year?
- Jan 29, 2005
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I with you. I think the maturity level is very important.
I dont see to many "straight out of high school" championship leaders in the NBA
I see: Shaq, Duncan, Billups. All three went to school for more than 1 year.
Plus it helps weed out frauds
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doesn't sound like a bad idea to me
- Sep 4, 2007
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i think it puts more pressure on the teachers! now instead of doing one year of these $+*$ ups homework, they gotta do two! Let these guys do whatever theywant! If they end up being busts thats on them and the team that drafted them! all these dumb !!$ %*@%$%+ rules.
- Apr 24, 2005
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Im on the fence about this....
But uhh.....
There are positives and negatives due to this....
I wonder who is gonna be the first kid to go overseas for two years then come back to the NBA????
But uhh.....
There are positives and negatives due to this....
I wonder who is gonna be the first kid to go overseas for two years then come back to the NBA????
- Apr 24, 2005
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Wait, wait. It has to be Two Years of College??? Ehh.....
- Mar 13, 2004
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[ninjahood] if we can go to da war, why cant we play in da nba @ 18? [/ninjahood]
- Jul 15, 2006
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stupid rule. many playera are physically able to compete on the NBA level out of HS, so why make em wait??
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Martell Webster, Andrew Bynum, Gerald Green, C.J. Miles, Louis Williams, Amir Johnson, Shaun Livingson, Robert Swift, SEBASTIAN TELFAIR, Dorrell Wright,Travis Outlaw, NDUDI EBI, Kendrick Perkins, LENNY COOKE, James Lang, KWAME BROWN, Tyson Chandler, Eddy Curry, DeSagana Diop, Oussmane Cisse, DARIUS MILES,DeShawn Stevenson, Jonathan Bender, Leon Smith, Al Harrington, KORLEONE YOUNG, Jermaine O'Neal, and even KOBE BRYANT all were NOT ready for the NBA. Yes,most of them are successful now, but it took a few years for them to be as good as they are now. And in those few years they could've gone to college andgotten their degree; something they can fall back on if they DON'T succeed in the League. This is why I like Brandon Roy a heck of a lot, dude went tocollege all four years instead of testing the waters after three. And yet he still is playing at a high level in the NBA.
Remember that there are only a few that can play right from the jump. Even 'Melo said he didn't know if he was ready so he went to 'Cuse for ayear. Obviously he was, but he made a smart decision to go to school for a year just to make sure. For every KG, 'Bron, etc. there are guys like Telfair,Ebi, Cooke, Kwame, and Korleone Young. The one year of college rule is good, but I don't think it should be changed nor should it be disregarded.
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- Sep 8, 2007
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Dumb rule once again.. I don't see international players being so concerned with young players playing professional sports at such a young age.. Why isthis a big deal.. The one-year rule was a stupid rule from the jump.. And to make it 2?? I don't know.. I'd rather let the young adults decide on theirown career path.. And of course there are going to be highschool players who aren't ready to play in the NBA from the jump.. The same goes for collegeplayers as well.. I know football you can't do it b/c of physical reasons.. but Basketball???? What is the problem??
- Nov 1, 2005
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I don't agree with the 1 year rule, nevermind a 2 year rule.
