NBA Players Need College? Prove It.

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Do NBA Players Need To Go To College?
Published 3/21/2008 by HG at YOU BEEN BLINDED
... March 21st, 2008 | by HG | To hear the critics tell it, allowing high schoolers into the NBA ruins the league. For some reason, high school basketball players are deemed to be less worthy prepared to deal with professional life than young tennis, hockey, and baseball players. ESPN’s True Hoop author Henry Abott wrote about the issue , and refers to ...

Daily Links 3/22
Published 3/22/2008 at CelticsBlog
Herald Closeness a comfort Globe Full-court press by Celtics convinced Brown LOY's Place Questions answered emphatically ESPN Kobe's making moments, gaining momentum in MVP race Big Laker's Fan Dream NBA Finals: Lakers vs Celtics TrueHoop NBA players need college? Prove it. The Advocate Hornets continue tough stretch against the Celtics Bleacher Report NBA Coach of the Year, let's pick the right guy The Examiner Only Celtics dent West's dominance At the Hive Boston Game One Armchair GM Where ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 3/22
Published 3/22/2008 by FLCeltsFan at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
... Herald Closeness a comfort Globe Full-court press by Celtics convinced Brown LOY's Place Questions answered emphatically ESPN Kobe's making moments, gaining momentum in MVP race Big Laker's Fan Dream NBA Finals: Lakers vs Celtics TrueHoop NBA players need college? Prove it. The Advocate Hornets continue tough stretch against the ...

NBA to Raise Minimum Age Limit to 20?
Published 3/24/2008 by Michael McCann at Sports Law Blog
Over on ESPN's TrueHoop, Henry Abbott discusses my law review article Illegal Defense: The Irrational Economics of Banning High School Players from the NBA Draft. I also respond to Commissioner David Stern's recent comment that he hopes to raise the age floor for entry into the NBA to age 20, and to do so through the next round of collective bargaining with the Players' Association. Hope you have a chance to ...

Thoughts on the NBA, the NCAA, and Raising the Age Limit
Published 4/10/2008 by Nate Jones at JONES ON THE NBA
... There have been rumblings about the NBA possibly considering raising the age limit from 19 to 20 years of age. I’ve seen some opinions throughout the internets on this possibility, and felt it was time to put my own opinions on the matter out there. First of all, as has been proven time and time again there is no proof that players coming directly out of high school into the pros fair worse or cause the league more trouble than players that have gone to college for any amount of time. I think its fair to say that since the 19 year old/plus one limit has been put ...