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Originally Posted by crazybuckfan40
Most of the baseball players are getting payed peanuts, unless they are the high level draft picks...NBA franchises are pouring out lots of money to kids that aren't ready for the NBA...
Doctors can't get payed right out high school...They gotta do a bunch of schooling...Engineers, pharmacists...The list goes on...
It is up to the employer to make the decision and if you don't like it find a new profession...
There are plenty of insurance policies out there and most injuries are very returnable from today...
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1. I agree they spend a lot of money on kids that aren't ready, or never would have been ready. However, that's no reason to deny other people the opportunity to earn a living because some teams are horrible at scouting or player development.
2. Doctors, engineers, pharmacists etc... NEED an education and they NEED on the job experience before they can do their profession. There is no NEED for an NBA player to have a degree, or even to have two years of college experience. It's just an arbitrary number thrown out there by the NCAA and NBA.
As for the NFL argument. The NFL's argument in those lawsuits was that safety was a primary concern for the age limit. However, with the NBA, there is no safety concern.
I do think it will improve college basketball, and might improve the NBA(I don't think it will have that profound an effect on the quality of the league. there will still be a draft every year with the same number of players taken, so roster spots are still going to be eaten up by lots of rookies and second year players). However, I don't think that's a good reason to enact this rule.