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Originally Posted by Napoleonbuck
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.
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Thus a great reason for the rule...You avoid these types of situations and you can really find out who is ready...People thought Kwame Brown was something as he was taken #1 overall...We see how that worked out...
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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.
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Some Doctors, engineers are more ready than others, and could join the field before others, and before their education is up...4 year education is an arbitrary number thrown out there too...
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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.
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There is a minor difference because more guys are ready earlier for the NBA than the NFL, but there are guys that are ready for the NFL as frosh and sophomores...What do you say about them...
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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.
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Why is something that will improve two businesses not a good reason to enact a rule...I don't understand that...
The rule will help the NBA because the cream of the crop will rise to the top after two years of basketball and you will have guys more mature and seasoned for the game...
You telling me that if Brandon Roy comes out of high school that he is still in the league...Instead he was seasoned in college and is an all-star...What about DWade...
Now look at Cook last year...Can he play in the NBA...Yeah, would he of been able to play at a higher level next year and not be sitting on an NBA bench for most of the year...Heck yeah...
You also are going to have guys playing at a higher level in college with more talent and it is going to help guys become more ready for the NBA...
Of course you have LBJ, Kobe, Garnett, etc that were ready to contribute right away, but still they were more ready two years down the road than they were right out of high school...