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Originally Posted by Deadly D I don't believe there should be an age limit on sports stars... If your good enough your old enough In my book. The only concern I have with young sports people is over exposure and burn out. But I supose thats all down to the managment of a team to make sure that doesn't happen. |
i agree to an extent, but the problem is that this isnt always how it works, especially in the NBA.
Teams draft high school kids expecting them to be good in 4-5 years (when they would have graduated college normally). So the question remains, would these kids be better served playing college ball and being a starter for 4 years (or at least one or two), or is it better for them to play 2 minutes a night in the pros? The rule is almost saving these kids from themselves. not to mention that it helps teams pick players based on how good they are, and not how good they expect them to be.
Case in point: About 10 years ago, there was a kid here in NYC named Felipe Lopez. He considered going right to the NBA out of high school (this was when maaaaaaaybe one high schooler a year would be drafted) but chose to go to St. John's University instead. He struggled greatly at St Johns and then was a marginal player in the pros. If he had been drafted, it basically would've been a waste of a draft pick, and a high one at that
LeBron James, Amare Stoudamire, and Dwight Howard were all good enough to play right away. But there are plenty of high schoolers who've flopped also