Proposed NBA Age Limit - min 2 yrs

[billmac91]

Originally Posted by DaytonBuck

Ridiculous rule. Baseball players can earn money out of high school but basketballs players can't?

Different corporations, different rules.

My employer doesn't allow anyone under the age of 21 work for them. Just the way it is. They have the right to do that.

MLB organizations can also maintain rights on a player, such as a 15 year old dominican kid. When they feel he's ready to contribute to their organization they can put him in A or AA ball. Not to mention, if you play college baseball, you HAVE to stay for 3 years. But if you're a high schooler who gets drafted and decide to play pro-ball, you're living the farm life for several years while you develop.

The NBA has to put kids who aren't ready on their bench, hoping they reach their potential some day. It waters the league down.

That's why I think the NBA/NCAA needs to come up with an insurance policy for the rare kid who could contribute at the NBA level but doesn't meet the requirements.

[scott91575]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

Awaiting the first lawsuit...

and just like football, anyone that tries it will lose. Sorry, nothing illegal about this.

[DaytonBuck]

It's all well and good for the hoops team. However someone like Oden would have lost out big time if he was forced to stay around for another year. An insurance policy wouldn't have covered his total financial loss.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by scott91575

and just like football, anyone that tries it will lose. Sorry, nothing illegal about this.

Actually, I agree wholeheartedly...there just are folks who think they have a right to go right into the NBA, or whatever, whenever they want.

[akronbuck]

Originally Posted by DaytonBuck

Ridiculous rule. Baseball players can earn money out of high school but basketballs players can't?

great point. Yes , I would love to have great players for 2,3 or 4 years but, why should they have to wait when other sports take them as young as they want. The people that like the NBA/COLLEGE RULE, I bet watch bowling on espn

[OSUBucksfan09]

Problem with this. The mid majors that get far in the tournament because they play together for many years, lose that. With all these freshmen stars coming back again, it just helps the big colleges and ruins the little schools and their chances. But o man do I wish the 06 class would have came back. I mean man wat a team we would have had.

[IronBuckI]

Originally Posted by BUCKYLE

Damn them. Could you imagine KK at the 4 with Oden and Mike Jr. on the floo...sorry, I was drooling.

Oden still wouldn't have played for us this year because of his injury. Having Mike and Jamar splitting time at the point and Cook on the wing would've been freaking incredible though.

[IronBuckI]

Originally Posted by OSUBucksfan09

Problem with this. The mid majors that get far in the tournament because they play together for many years, lose that. With all these freshmen stars coming back again, it just helps the big colleges and ruins the little schools and their chances. But o man do I wish the 06 class would have came back. I mean man wat a team we would have had.

Trickle down effect would suggest that the mid-majors would get better players too. Less turnover at the big programs, means fewer scholarships available, means that the next level lower recruit would end up at Dayton or Xavier. Now those players are staying for four years and the quality of basketball goes up across the board.

I love this rule. This protects the NBA more than it does college basketball, IMO. College hoops was doing pretty well before the one year rule, and has done well during the two years that the one year rule has been in place. The NBA has suffered because they are too quick to draft on potential with no resume. This gives the NBA two years of information against top amateur competition before drafting Kwame Brown. It is also free marketing of it's future players before ever investing one red cent in promoting the new guys. Good business decision for the NBA, IMO.

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by DaytonBuck

Ridiculous rule. Baseball players can earn money out of high school but basketballs players can't?

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...

[OH10]

I see this rule protecting stupid NBA GMs more than anything else. The "draft on potential philosophy" has been a drain on many teams in the league.

This rule will help the NBA with stronger name recognition for the players when they enter the league. And it will, of course, help college basketball.

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by OH10

I see this rule protecting stupid NBA GMs more than anything else. The "draft on potential philosophy" has been a drain on many teams in the league.

I agree that it will help them, but what do you want them to do when the kids are coming to the league and just aren't ready...take a kid that they know is already maxed out in potential, or take a kid that could be great, but they don't know yet...It is a fine line they had to walk...

This rule will help the NBA with stronger name recognition for the players when they enter the league. And it will, of course, help college basketball.

Agreed...

[Steve19]

It would be easiest to look at this as something benefitting only Ohio State and its fans, but the real value is to the players. It gives them additional time to work on acquiring and education and life skills before they depart for professional basketball. The major beneficiaries are the players, of whom most will spend only a couple years in the NBA if they are lucky enough to get there.

[IronBuckI]

Originally Posted by Steve19

It would be easiest to look at this as something benefitting only Ohio State and its fans, but the real value is to the players. It gives them additional time to work on acquiring and education and life skills before they depart for professional basketball. The major beneficiaries are the players, of whom most will spend only a couple years in the NBA if they are lucky enough to get there.

That is true, but the cynic in me doesn't think that that was a large factor in the reasoning behind the NBA doing this.

[OH10]

Originally Posted by crazybuckfan40

I agree that it will help them, but what do you want them to do when the kids are coming to the league and just aren't ready...take a kid that they know is already maxed out in potential, or take a kid that could be great, but they don't know yet...It is a fine line they had to walk...

It is a fine line. But once Kobe and KG worked out, GMs went crazy fawning over high school kids. Remember the year where Kwame Brown, Tyson Chandler, and Desagana Diop all went in the top 10?

[GrizzlyBuck]

As a huge fan of College BBall and much less so for the NBA, I love this rule.

That said, I am philosophically opposed to it, this rule from the NBA perspective mainly protects the inept GM's and lets the colleges develop and deal with the immaturity of the kids.

I also agree that there needs to be some sort of protection for the youngsters who otherwise could have been making millions instead of being relegated to college life (oh woe is them ) Not sure how this would work out though.

More than likely, we fans will benefit, the NBA will benefit and the NCAA coffers may benefit, but some of the kids will miss out, though it will probably help some as well.

As for last year, I'm crying about the lost opportunity not drooling