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Message: [QUOTE="MrP, post: 2703175, member: 3299"] Actually, it’s both... “The NBPA is in a difficult quandary because it wants to fight for the right of any player to enter the league who feels prepared, yet keep jobs available for veterans . “That’s something we have to look at, too, whether by — if we shifted our minimum age from 19 to 18, we’d be bringing the whole league younger, because the jobs have to come from somewhere,” Silver said. “So we’re not by any means rushing through this. I think this is a case where, actually, outside of the cycle of collective bargaining, we can spend more time on it with the Players Association, talking to the individual players, talking to the executive board and really trying to understand the pros and cons of potentially moving the age limit.”” (Source: Boston Globe) [/QUOTE]