Full Rundown On Today's Recruiting

[dogfan96]

One & Dones: this very well could be the last class.

"Armed with majority support from owners and saying "we're ready to go," NBA commissioner Adam Silver made it clear that pushing back the league's age minimum to 20 is at the top of his priority list.

The league's owners hosted NCAA president Mark Emmert to discuss the issue as part of their annual two-day spring meeting this week. Any changes wouldn't be in place by next season because the league is waiting for the players' association to name an executive director before formally starting negotiations. But it's clear there's a growing momentum to force this occasionally divisive issue through soon, possibly in time for the 2016 draft..... When the league and the players' union signed the collective bargaining agreement in 2011, it was agreed that the current one-and-done college rule could be revised at any time."
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10803355/adam-silver-says-pushing-back-nba-age-limit-top-priority

I have read that the union is on board but would want trade-offs, such as kids could go into the draft out of high school (eg. Lebron James), though if not taken in the 1st round could still go to college but then wouldn't be NBA eligible again for two years, the same two year requirement for everyone else going to college. The fear is that if they just had the 20 year old rule, the really good ones wouldn't go to college, but go play professionally for the two years (overseas, D-League).

What about the kids who are 17 during their freshman year of college? Some of them would have to go to college (or do something) for 3 years bc they wouldn't be 20 by the time the draft rolled around after their sophomore year

 

[Sportsman5]

What about the kids who are 17 during their freshman year of college? Some of them would have to go to college (or do something) for 3 years bc they wouldn't be 20 by the time the draft rolled around after their sophomore year

Drummond would have been in college for 3 years

 

[Husky1972]

Drummond would have been in college for 3 years

No, or else he couldn't have gone after his freshman year at 18 years old as it's been 19 years old since 2005. The reason he could go into the draft is that the rule is 19 or at least one year since your high school graduation class date. So, it will become 20 years old or 2 years past your high school graduation class date.

Drummond was one year after his graduation even if age 18, and under the proposed change would only have had to wait another year to be 2 years beyond, even if still 19.

 

[Sportsman5]

No, or else he couldn't have gone after his freshman year at 18 years old as it's been 19 years old since 2005. The reason he could go into the draft is that the rule is 19 or at least one year since your high school graduation class date. So, it will become 20 years old or 2 years past your high school graduation class date.

Drummond was one year after his graduation even if age 18, and under the proposed change would only have had to wait another year to be 2 years beyond, even if still 19.

I was unaware of that technicality.