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Sunday, June 26, 2005
 
More on the NBA age-limit and the effect on the college game
The Orange County Register has an article about the impact of the NBA age-limit, and it includes some comments from Roy Williams and Ben Howland. Amazingly (at least to me), the coaches, especially Williams, have some similar thoughts as to mine on the subject. For example:
Williams...called the NBA's new age policy "window dressing."

Like most DivisionI coaches, Williams would have liked to have seen the NBA adopt Major League Baseball's system in which drafted athletes either sign right out of high school or must go to college for three years before regaining their draft eligibility.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see how the college game changes with this new rule in place. Perhaps most interesting to me is whether the NBDL, Europe, prep schools, or even sitting out a year will become popular options for elite high school players. If so, the college game absolutely will have to make some changes.
Comments:
JD - please check your email. Thanks.
 
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