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Message: [QUOTE="JLine, post: 1777870, member: 1683"] My simple minded opinion says let them go whenever they want once they graduate HS. If I can get the same job out of HS, why am I gonna throw away X amount of years of income aside. Some are just looking to make basketball a career obviously. Would be great to have some system in place that decides what is best for their long-term growth and earnings. But, that's not gonna happen unless we transform into a Utopia. I think all that can be done is having sincere people around them with the player's best interest at heart. Another pipe dream. Most should get a degree to fall back on, but barring injury they can make plenty overseas for a long time if the NBA doesn't work out. Now just need smart money management. Simple enough. Or if they get hurt, then well that's life and time for a new career. They took the risk not getting a degree, though they could have got hurt anyway. So many variables. Basically to me, it's their life. It shouldn't be dictated by anyone but themselves. Harsh, I guess. If I wanted to go right to work out of HS, no one was forcing me to go to college for one year. May not get the better job, which is where the NBA comes in here but not exactly to increase the skills of the individual, to me. I say let them go right away. If they go to college, they can leave whenever too. Who knows, I could be way off base. Just think it's their life to live, and their mistakes, or accomplishments to make. Better advisement is all I can see, and not forced upon them. Then again it's a different animal than other industries so who the hell knows. They're adults, the NBA is their employer so guess they do as they're told. The NBA doesn't care though, let them do as they please. CBB is just frustrating because we think we know what is best for the player, or what we want to see. I think I talked in circles well, that's all. [/QUOTE]

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