What would be beneficial for the NBA? What ever would work best for them is what will be put in place.

 

NBA doesn't want to increase the number of players in D-League (got to pay them while they develop.)

 

NBA would rather not take HS players because it is a crap shoot, how many LeBron's and Kobe's are their actually out there. Most HS kids didn't really contribute much for 2 or 3 years, NBA would rather they develop in college for free, than pay them big $$$ to ride the bench and while they mature.

 

It would be the best for the NBA to have players go to college for at least two years, then they would be getting a more mature player and someone more ready to compete with grown men already in the NBA.

What does adding a year do? If your going to make kids commit to staying in college for x years I think I has to be at least 3.

 

Either go to the NBA out of high school or commit to college for 3 years. I think this will also have to change the scholarship rules from 1 year contracts to a 3 year.

What does adding a year do? If your going to make kids commit to staying in college for x years I think I has to be at least 3.

 

Either go to the NBA out of high school or commit to college for 3 years. I think this will also have to change the scholarship rules from 1 year contracts to a 3 year.

 

You don't have to stay in college for any number of years regardless of what any stupid NCAA rule might state. There is no chance the NBA goes that route, so it is wishful thinking at best...

You don't have to stay in college for any number of years regardless of what any stupid NCAA rule might state. There is no chance the NBA goes that route, so it is wishful thinking at best...

 

There isn't an NCAA rule on this, is there?

There isn't an NCAA rule on this, is there?

 

Nope. Any NCAA rule that could be established would be irrelevant. Much like how the NCAA deadline to declare was totally ignored this year...

You don't have to stay in college for any number of years regardless of what any stupid NCAA rule might state. There is no chance the NBA goes that route, so it is wishful thinking at best...

So is the baseball rule from MLB?

So is the baseball rule from MLB?

 

Yup...

NBA "ready" kids could simply go to the D-League straight out of HS if they want to. Collect a fat shoe contract and enter the draft the next year. There is no benefit for the NBA to make a rule change so it's not going to happen. If anything they will make it 2 years.

Cal may not even have recruited some of those guys seriously if it appeared apparent they would jump. This is not a new thing, that's how it used to be. Did anyone even bother recruiting guys like LeBron? You may put some feelers out there, but with a great many of the players, the coaches knew they weren't coming and simply looked elsewhere.

 

I remember seeing a March Madness bracket that assumed LeBron had to attend college for at least one year.

 

It had Akron winning the national championship.

Put in a requirement like they have in football - if you sign up for college, you have to stay 2 or 3 years. Make that part of your letter of intent with a big penalty if the player tries to leave. College might actually become better if you do that. You wouldn't get the one and done star players but those guys on the cusp would be forced to stay and there would be more connection between players, schools and fans.

 

The 3 year rule is dictated by the NFL, not the NCAA. Again, the one year rule (one and done) is dictated by the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, not the NCAA. The NCAA cannot force someone to stay in school if they do not want to be there.

 

Colleges do not decide that Electrical Engineers need a bachelors degree to work in the electrical design industry, the industry does.

 

The NCAA simply regulates a feeder system for the sports industry. Nothing more.

I can handle that and truthfully that may be the best thing to do. If you aren't good enough to go right away then keep them in college for at least 2 years IMO.

 

Thats the thing before the one and done rule was in place, there were many kids WHO THOUGHT they were good enough to go straight to the NBA. Then end up never playing a meaningful minute again in their lives. IMO there are very few who are truly good enough to go right away to the NBA. Yet in a lot of kids minds they would think they were, and would have agents trying to convince them of that. The one and done rule might hurt a few kids who are truly good enough to make that jump, but for most of them it helps IMO. Then the ones who were truly good enough, show that and do great in college too and still a top pick.

Frankly, I think that any change made to this rule would work to the relative disadvantage of Coach Calipari, since he is the undisputed master of signing the "one and done" players, and so I don't support any changes made to this rule as long as Calipari is UK's coach and he continues to excel at signing the "one and done"-type players.