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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 2464114"] 2017 SI.com “Players were able to enter the draft out of high school until the one-and-done rule went into effect in 2006. Some of the league's best players in the last decade came into the league straight from high school, including Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwight Howard and Kevin Garnett. But the one-and-done rule was established due to growing concerns that players were entering the league without the personal maturity necessary to serve as good ambassadors for the NBA. What has resulted is a college basketball landscape dominated by players who have no intention to stay in school beyond the one requisite year before entering the draft. Ten of the first 11 picks in the 2017 draft were college freshman, while the lone non one-and-done player was Frank Ntilikina, who played professionally in France before making the move to the NBA. Silver is reportedly considering proposing a change that would allow players to enter the draft out of high school but force them to remain in college for two years if they do enter school. It would be a similar standard to the one in place for the MLB draft; players are allowed to turn professional out of high school, [B]but must remain in college for three years once they enroll.”[/B] Are any out there who agrees with Silver like I do? To me, if the rule stays as it is, from a player’s perspective it’s all about how much money I am going to make after spending one year in college and that player knows exactly how much if he is drafted in the first round top three. If a kid has the talent of a Carmelo Anthony it’s a no brainer, he’s going to help the NBA team that drafts him and himself. If it’s changed he has to go out of high school like LeBron, Kobe, etc. To me Battle and Brissett are far from NBA caliber stock. They’ll end up drafted low and wind up playing in Des Moines Iowa or Europe. We watch players with talent but not highly talented enough to make a difference for an NBA team. And, we watch very good players who are great college players hoping they will stay and help SU win and make the NCAA’s year after year - yet most, with the rule as it is, get out for the money as soon as possible and I do not fault them. The money is there and if they watch their money they could be set for life. I, however, am selfish. I’d like to see the standard be the same as MLB. If JB recruits a Bazley or two or three, I want them to stay for 2 - 3 years, enjoy watching them develop and hopefully enjoy our participation in the post season. I want the rule changed back the way it was. Either go to the NBA out of high school or not. The ready for NBA players and the NBA know who those players are OR commit to a high major school and like MLB you’re there for 3 years to develop your talent and skills and you get free marketing, maturity along with it and we get to enjoy seeing those players at that level for more than the now requisite “one – and - done” – I for one am tired of hearing it and seeing it happen. [/QUOTE]

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