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[QUOTE="orangefog, post: 1735016, member: 293"]
That is true, the skills and maturity that come from the experience of playing in college are not essential to be an NBA player.  However, professional teams are so afraid of missing out on the future star, they draft underdeveloped players in the hopes they develop to their potential.  This mindset has hurt the overall product in both the NBA and college.  Can you imagine if teams drafted based on current skills?  The draft would look much much different.  If there is a rule put in place that kids have to play two or three years in college before entering the draft, I think a number of things will happen. The NBA will have more skilled players.  The college game will improve as players will stick around long enough to be identified with a certain team.  Also, unfortunately, there will probably be more issues with eligibility.  But, perhaps more kids will enter college more focused on the education, knowing that they have to remain eligible for two to three years instead of one.
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