Times have changed and so have the rules that used to apply to American basketball. For over a long time until 2007, players that were considered to be truly elite were allowed to go to the NBA immediately without necessarily having to pass through college. However, with time new rules were instituted that are still being used to determine the eligibility of a player to be drafted to the NBA. The most stressed rule is the one on age limit, whereby players need to be 19 years before they can be considered for the NBA. In addition, a year has to be spent in college before any considerations are made. With the ongoing debate on whether or not to make the players wait for a year before going to the NBA, there is a reason to believe that the best …show more content…
solution is not to insist on the one-year wait and instead allow players to go to the NBA directly after high school. High school players should not wait a year before going to the NBA because this will be like forcing an interest on them, it will restrict them from earning money from their careers and a lot of time will be unnecessarily wasted in that one year. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that a player becomes good after the one year, which makes the wait to be viewed as a form of discrimination against young talented players. Therefore, the wait is not important since players are exposed to unnecessary risks such as injuries in that one year that could reduce their value as players. Results and Findings Most of the high school players are not interested in college and therefore making them wait for one year before going to the NBA will amount to forcing an interest on them. A report by Barra (N.p) echoes the same idea and adds that colleges are more interested in the young players playing for them have little interest in having them attend classes. This in a way is unfair to the young players who could use the time in pursuit of their dreams. Evidently, a majority of the players who end up in the NBA admit to not having the slightest interest in spending a year in college. Instead, they prefer to use that time to get professional drafts with the NBA and be in a better position to use their talents productively and not just to satisfy the athletic departments of their colleges. This lack of interest in education is shown in the cases where the players give up on education once the year ends. As a result, forcing them to wait for this long can work negatively for their future as athletes because their minds are focused on being through with the year and getting out of college. Time is another reason why high school players should go to the NBA without waiting for a year.
As Carter (N.p) notes, a lot of teaching goes on in the NBA that sometimes surpasses that offered by colleges to the players. Before and after practice the players are taught much that is related to what they wish to do in the future and the fact that they interact, practice and play with the world's best players, makes the learning experience more fruitful. Therefore, by considering this, there is really no need to make the high school players wait for a year before going to the NBA. Moreover, in the one year spent in college, many time restraints could make it hard for a player to have adequate opportunities to prepare and practice for the NBA. For example, the time spent in the gym is usually limited in colleges whereas such limitations do not apply in the NBA. In the end, it only makes sense not to make the players wait for a year before going to the …show more content…
NBA. After going through college or being forced to wait for that one year, there is no guarantee that these young players do better or have sustained NBA careers later on.
In the same way, there is also no guarantee that not waiting for a year will impact negatively on the preparedness of a player for the NBA. Notably, old and seasoned NBA players like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant managed to enter the NBA draft without waiting for one year (Hughes N.p). As a result, they got the rare opportunity of having their skills tested at the highest level and surprisingly succeeded at this. From this early exposure to high standards, they were able to earn many contracts that changed their lives for the better. Unfortunately for the upcoming players, they cannot dream of achieving this much, however great they may be because the new system automatically labels them emotionally unprepared and not ready for the NBA. The dreams for young stars are deferred until after the one year. In order to make the whole process sensible and beneficial to all, such players should not be made to wait for a year as long as there are indications that they are prepared for the big stage with the challenges that come with
it. Waiting for a year exposes the players to various risks such as injuries that could potentially lead to the depreciation in their overall value. Hughes (N.p) gives an example of a player Nerlens Noel from Kentucky who lost his chances of being picked in the NBA draft because of an injury. Despite him having been ranked the number one in his college team and therefore a highly likely candidate for the NBA, a torn AC that he suffered while playing for his college meant that he could not be picked. From this, it is quite evident that forcing the players to spent one year playing for the college puts them at a very great risk of suffering the same fate. At the end of the day, players with great potential are lost because of this requirement to wait for a year before joining the NBA. Another thing worth noting is that, as these players wait for that year in college, they risk losing their value. College standards are different from NBA standards and due to this; they may conform to the former and miss out on being selected in the NBA draft. The injuries to usually contribute to this reduced value. Therefore, for all the mentioned reasons, high school players should not wait a year before going to the NBA. Instead, the transition should be direct.
It was not until the year 2002 that the NBA was able to find someone to match Jordan’s dazzling acrobatic style of play. His name is Lebron James. Lebron, who plays shooting guard and small forward, stands at an athletic six-eight. James, however, never played in the NCAA. He was drafted straight out of high school in the 2003-04 season, by the Cleveland Cavaliers. James is already on the road to success by achieving co-rookie of the year, and he appeared in the Olympics. James is expected to be a champion, but he may not have what it takes to become a real champion such as Michael Jordan was. Before Jordan or James can be categorized as a champion, they have to be able to handle pressure, fame, and maintain a positive relationship with their team. When comparing Jordan and James’ clutch capabilities, or their ab...
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In the last ten years many young and talented high school basketball players have chosen to enter the NBA draft. These 17 and 18 year olds decide to skip college, and instead they choose to take a big risk and enter the NBA, hoping to become stars and earn millions of dollars. In many cases, these youngsters’ careers are a failure because they don’t turn out as talented as they thought to be. They end up spending only a few seasons in the NBA because they are not good enough to compete at that level. Many of them have to move on to doing other things, such as playing basketball overseas, doing everyday jobs, or going back to college to earn a degree.
College athletes have a goal that they pursue. The jump to the professional sports leagues is an accomplishment that most college athletes wanted to achieve. But most college athletes go to college and forego completing their senior year and don’t get a degree. In basketball most athletes are one and done. This means they go to college for only one year then enter the NBA draft. For the NFL players have to be out of high school for three years and necessarily don’t have to go to college.
In the collegiate world of sports, basketball has become an increasingly recognized sport among African Americans, predominantly males. The hope of any young basketball player is that one day a scout will come and recruit them into stardom The question that presents itself as a problem to the lucky few who are chosen to go professional, is whether or not an education is more important than a million dollar shoe deal, “The NCAA's (1998) annual six-year study reported that only 33% of Black male basketball players graduated, (Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999). Individually, basketball reported the lowest graduation rate in all divisions,” (Robinson, 2004:1). Basketball players have become so idolized in the eyes of young Black male basketball athletes, that the value of education appear to be less important in the development of these young men, “According to Sailes (1997), there is an over-representation of Black males in particular sports and an under-representation in other segments of American society. He provides the example of percentages of Black males competing in the NBA (77%), NFL (65%), MLB (15%), and MLS (16%) in comparison to the fact that fewer than 2% of doctors, lawyers, architects, college professors, or business executives are Black males.”, (Robinson, 2004:1). The idea of the attainment of a professional basketball player’s salary in the NBA, without even having to go to school for the time it takes to earn a degree is very appealing to some players. Those with a wealthy, or even upper-middle class upbringing may not view material assets as a priority. In the Black community, we have theorized that money and success play a more important role than education in most households. Although these two seem to go together, one resulting from the other, this does not apply in the sports world. Our research will examine the role that the family value system plays in influencing Black vs. White male athletes to turn professional, as opposed to obtaining a college degree before turning professional.
Why does age difference should be a barrier for athletes who are younger, but can play same as or even better than older basketball players? Basketball is all about winning and if you can use a younger player to your advantage, I don't see a reason on why not doing it. In an article, College basketball's so-called one-and-done rule needs revisiting, Dylan Hernandez quotes Kobe Bryant, " It didn't make any sense." Kobe doesn't say anything more about this because I think it kind of speaks for itself. Kobe Bryant, did not go to college he went to NBA right out of high school and now look were he is at now. I'm not saying that all one and done players are going to be NBA stars, but at least we can give them a
Did you know that there are roughly 550,000 male high school basketball players, 15,000 are good enough to make it to play college basketball, one third of that or 5,000 play well enough to make it to division I which is the highest in the NCAA basketball league, and only around 348 go on to play one game in the NBA. On the other hand there are rare cases of players having extraordinary talents and making the jump from high school basketball straight to NBA without any college experience. The debate on this topic is two sided, the first being that the jump from high school to the NBA should not be allowed and the second being that they should be able to do what they want.
Should College athletes stay in school? Many people wonder about this subject. Some people say athletes should stay in school to get in education before they become professional athletes. Others think, why stay in school when you can make millions of dollars just playing a sport. I believe athletes should stay and get a degree and in this essay you will see why.
Sports are a crucial part of an individual 's character. Counter arguments made against having sports at schools are getting more and more public. The arguments make people, think again about having students play sports. Sports are useful because they give players skills they can use on and off the field: strength, leadership, and confidence.
This influx of young players is not only hurting the player, but it is hurting the league and college sports. The NBA is now becoming filled with talented but immature players. College sports is losing it’s top athletes, sometimes after one year of college play. The players are also not graduating. This hurts because when a basketball player does not make it in the NBA, he has no degree to fall back on.
...rity even if they don’t produce right away. Underclassmen will continue to leave early as long as there are NBA teams that want them and as long as college basketball continues to perpetuate the myth of the amateur athlete.
The early age entry rule, has been blamed for taking away the talent that made NCAA basketball popular over the last 40 years (Hughes, 2013). Recently many of the most talented basketball players have entered the NCAA with no intention of playing a second, third, or fourth year. The NBA permits players to be drafted at an age that many have considered is too young to live the lavish lifestyle of a professional player. This has been cause for the big debate of should the NBA change the eligibility to 20 years of age and two years removed from high school.
... middle of paper ... ... Although the rate of graduation for male and female basketball players has slipped in the past several years, a minimal amount can be attributed to the high success rate of the African American Athlete in professional sports such as the NBA or NFL.
According to livestrong.com, only 3 out of 10,000 high school players actually make it to the NBA. If you do not get drafted, then you cannot play college basketball and that just ruined your dream of ever playing professional basketball. Though, most players do not think about what they will do after the NBA. The money would be great, who would not want millions of dollars for playing basketball? Though, like I said early most NBA players go broke within five years after leaving the league. On average most college degrees take five or six years to get and how will they pay for it if they do not have the money. They are supposed to be adults and some parents will not help their kids. Some want to teach them a lesson or some just can not afford it. Also, it is their retirement, why would they wanted to spend their first five years back in school when they could've already done their school work when they were there on scholarship and had free
...ame all crossed paths as college kids. Building on collegiate stars gave pro basketball an identity. It allows players to develop better due to the superior coaching staff in colleges. Staying in college will also let players develop a valuable following, which benefits the NBA.