The One and Done Rule: Nba
Introduction
The NBA is a billion dollar business and known as one of the largest and most prestigious organization within American sports today. It is also home to one of the most controversial rules in all of sports, which is known as "the one and done rule." The one and done rule restricts high school basketball players from entering the NBA draft out of high school and going to straight to the NBA. According to Article X, Section 1 of the NBA's 2005 collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the policy for player eligibility states:
The player (A) is or will be at least 19 years of age during the calendar year in which the Draft is held, and (B) with respect to a player who is not an international player (defined below), at least one (1) NBA Season has elapsed since the player’s graduation from high school (or, if the player did not graduate from high school, since the graduation of the class with which the player would have graduated had he graduated from high school) (CBA, 2005). http://web.archive.org/web/20080227065646/http://www.nbpa.com/cba_articles/article-X.php This policy was effective for the 2005-2006 season of the NBA, and from the onset of the creation of this policy between the NBA and players union, there was immediate backlash from many players who felt the policy was unreasonable. In the third annual High School Hoops magazine, many players began to weigh in on the subject of the new rules regarding draft eligibility. Kansas State freshman Bill Walker said, "I’m against it. I don’t see why you have to be 19 to play a game of basketball when you can be 18 and go to war for our country and die. It’s ridiculous." Jerryd Bayless said "It’s not fair at all. If a tennis player can go pro at 13, I don’t understand why a basketball player can’t go pro at 18 (Bodenburg, Canner-O'mealy, Mahoney, and Sylvan, 2005). However, what the players didn't understand was it was in best the best judgment of the NBA to create this policy. Too many player high school
The NBA is a billion dollar business and known as one of the largest and most prestigious organization within American sports today. It is also home to one of the most controversial rules in all of sports, which is known as "the one and done rule." The one and done rule restricts high school basketball players from entering the NBA draft out of high school and going to straight to the NBA. According to Article X, Section 1 of the NBA's 2005 collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the policy for player eligibility states:
The player (A) is or will be at least 19 years of age during the calendar year in which the Draft is held, and (B) with respect to a player who is not an international player (defined below), at least one (1) NBA Season has elapsed since the player’s graduation from high school (or, if the player did not graduate from high school, since the graduation of the class with which the player would have graduated had he graduated from high school) (CBA, 2005). http://web.archive.org/web/20080227065646/http://www.nbpa.com/cba_articles/article-X.php This policy was effective for the 2005-2006 season of the NBA, and from the onset of the creation of this policy between the NBA and players union, there was immediate backlash from many players who felt the policy was unreasonable. In the third annual High School Hoops magazine, many players began to weigh in on the subject of the new rules regarding draft eligibility. Kansas State freshman Bill Walker said, "I’m against it. I don’t see why you have to be 19 to play a game of basketball when you can be 18 and go to war for our country and die. It’s ridiculous." Jerryd Bayless said "It’s not fair at all. If a tennis player can go pro at 13, I don’t understand why a basketball player can’t go pro at 18 (Bodenburg, Canner-O'mealy, Mahoney, and Sylvan, 2005). However, what the players didn't understand was it was in best the best judgment of the NBA to create this policy. Too many player high school