One and Done Rule

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Just curious how most feel about the one-n-done rule? I am not the biggest fan. I would rather the NCAA adopt the football or baseball approach or go back to the way it was. I'm not convinced that it has helped the college game. For example, Rose had no incentive to fly the straight and narrow and now Memphis pays, not Rose. Moreover you now have a greater influence by the shoe companies and the likes of World Wide Wes.

I haven't given this alot of thought... but, I figured someone here has, especially given today's headlines.
 
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I don't like it. I am pretty sure this is not the NCAA though, this is from the NBA's new age limit.
I would like to see the NBA and NCAA compromise and let HS players enter the NBA draft, but if they choose not to, they must be in college for three years. And that is the first thing I have ever liked coming from Dick Vitale.
I don't see it changing though.
 
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I personally think any professional team drafting a college athlete prior to that athlete's completioin of eligibility should be required to reimburse the applicable university for the entire cost of that athletes scholarship.

The professional teams have the best of both worlds and they gain well trained "proven" players that univerisities have spent fortunes training and educating. Universities are now little more than minor leagues for the pros and that should not be the case.

Furthermore, I think the scholarship should be looked upon as a binding contract between the athlete and the university. If a pro team choose to draft an athlete early, that team should have to negotiate with the university to buy out the contract.
 
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All of the draft rules are imposed by the professional sports leagues. The NBA doesn't really have a "one and done" rule. What the rule states is that you cannot enter the league until you are 19 years old. In theory if a frosh basketball player starts his college career at age 17, he will end up playing 2 years of college ball before he can enter the NBA draft.

NFL is similar, in that you must be 21. I don't believe baseball has any age restrictions.

KYVolFan, are you saying that you think a team should pay for the years that the student attended, AND the years that he will miss by leaving early?
 
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I think the one and done rule is pretty good. I think it would be perfect if it would be 2 years, but I don't have that big of a problem with one year.

I thought Kenny Smith on TNT made the best argument when defending the one and done rule. He said back in 1998-2003, you had HUNDREDS of high school kids each year jumping straight to the NBA and not being ready. The NBA was getting worse and the college game was getting worse because of it. The new requirement that you have to play in college or in Europe for at least one year is good because, it allows those who are ready for the NBA to go on after one year, and it allows those who were overhyped (*cough* Hopson *cough*) to realize they aren't ready for the NBA yet, and develop more in college. Ever since this rule was installed, college basketball has gotten better and so has the NBA.

That's why I think it's a good system. People who are ready like Beasley, Durant, Mayo, etc. can go ahead and get their riches, while the ones who realize that they aren't ready can develop a year or two longer.

It really helps put things in perspective for the young adults. If they didn't have a one and done rule, Hopson might've declared for the draft straight out of high school, then his career would've flopped immediately. Instead, now, he realizes he's not ready for the pros and has a chance to develop in college.
 
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TennesseePride said:
I thought it was one year removed from high school.. not 19?
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It's 19. Case in point. The University of Washington will be playing a 17 year old frosh this year (Abdul Gaddy)

Here is an article talking about it - Huskies | UW nets state's top recruit as Abdul Gaddy rebuffs Arizona | Seattle Times Newspaper


And from the article-
He will turn 17 in January and Gaddy Sr. noted that his son has to stay in college for at least two years before considering the NBA due to the league's new age requirements.
 
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KoachKrab127 said:
I think the one and done rule is pretty good. I think it would be perfect if it would be 2 years, but I don't have that big of a problem with one year.

I thought Kenny Smith on TNT made the best argument when defending the one and done rule. He said back in 1998-2003, you had HUNDREDS of high school kids each year jumping straight to the NBA and not being ready. The NBA was getting worse and the college game was getting worse because of it. The new requirement that you have to play in college or in Europe for at least one year is good because, it allows those who are ready for the NBA to go on after one year, and it allows those who were overhyped (*cough* Hopson *cough*) to realize they aren't ready for the NBA yet, and develop more in college. Ever since this rule was installed, college basketball has gotten better and so has the NBA.

That's why I think it's a good system. People who are ready like Beasley, Durant, Mayo, etc. can go ahead and get their riches, while the ones who realize that they aren't ready can develop a year or two longer.

It really helps put things in perspective for the young adults. If they didn't have a one and done rule, Hopson might've declared for the draft straight out of high school, then his career would've flopped immediately. Instead, now, he realizes he's not ready for the pros and has a chance to develop in college.
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You didn't have hundreds each year, not even close. Kenny Smith has lost his damn mind.
 
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TennesseePride said:
I thought it was one year removed from high school.. not 19?
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Yeah I'm pretty sure its one removed. I'm a college freshman and I'm 19 so I dont think its like that because plenty of guys are 19 their freshman year and could just go straight to the NBA
 
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KYVolFan said:
I personally think any professional team drafting a college athlete prior to that athlete's completioin of eligibility should be required to reimburse the applicable university for the entire cost of that athletes scholarship.
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Since scholarships are renewable each year that would cost every NBA team exactly $0
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utvolpj said:
Since scholarships are renewable each year that would cost every NBA team exactly $0
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Exactly. I always love it when fans of the plantation system come here and defend the poor, pristine universities.
 
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hatvol96 said:
You didn't have hundreds each year, not even close. Kenny Smith has lost his damn mind.
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I was exaggerating. That's not Kenny Smith's fault, that's mine. It was around 40 each year. I KNOW that's right, because they did a story about it on ESPN around 2000, and they talking about how it's weakening the NBA and college ball.
 
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The most recent CBA took effect with the 2005–06 season, and the first draft conducted under its provisions was the 2006 draft. The basic rules are:

All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft.[7] To determine whether a player is eligible for a given year's draft, subtract 19 from the year of the draft. If the player was born during or before that year, he is eligible.
Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the CBA, must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class.[7]
The "one year out of high school" requirement is in addition to the age requirement. For example, although O. J. Mayo turned 19 in November 2006, six months before his high school graduation, he was not eligible until the 2008 draft, a year after his high school class graduated.

These rules run all the way through the 2010-2011 season and the NBA has the option to extend these draft rules for the 2011-2012 season.[8]
 
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IMO if the NCAA changes it to the same rules as football three years removed or age 21. Then there will be fans of those athletes playing abilities that will never see them play for three years they'll just go to Europe and ply there wares where they will get payed to play(some individuals are not cut out for the college educational experience)

And you will be seeing more of those individuals like WWW not less.There attention and focus is just gonna be a little bit different.I'm sure fans of BB in Europe would appreciate it.In the long run the people who are gonna miss out will be the fans here in the states.So it's damned if you damned if you don't.
 
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