catmandoo
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posted 06-13-2017 07:45 PM
As happens every few years, the topic of changing the one-and-done rule for college basketball is back in the headlines. Once more, the so-called “baseball model” is being paraded as an alternative.
Under one-and-done, high school players must play at least one season of college basketball before entering the NBA draft. The minimum age is 19.
In baseball, a player may sign with a Major League team straight out of high school. But if he chooses college, the player must stay three years before becoming draft eligible after their junior seasons. In basketball, the talk is of tweaking that rule to make players eligible after their sophomore season.
“Would the baseball rule work? Yeah. Heck yeah,” Kentucky coach John Calipari said Tuesday. “I’d love the baseball rule for the kids. They have a chance to go right out of high school and get on an NBA roster and if they’re a lottery pick, they’ll make $20 million. I love it.”
The coach, however, doesn’t see that happening anytime soon.
“The issue is that the NBA doesn’t want to do that. They don’t want to go back to drafting high school players,” Calipari said. “I just don’t see the owners wanting to go back to drafting high school players.”
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