Would Baseball's Eligibility Requirements Work for BBall?

If you follow the baseball model it would be ideal. Help the NCAA and NBA all at the same time.

Drafted out of high school.

Go Juco and be a one and done.

Go to a university and you are there for 3 years before being draft eligible.

Go the NHL route and allow teams to draft players and hold their rights through college. That way a team has some control over a player's development and can tell them they need to stay in school to get some finishing to their game. If they come out early it would be because they are ready not just to get drafted because their draft status is already secured.

Eligibility: Any North American player who turns 18 by September 15 and does not turn 20 by Decemeber 31 is eligible for the draft. Any non-North American player can be drafted at any age if they are at least 18 by September 15. If a player is 18, they must declare themselves eligible, but if a player turns 19 by September 15th, they are automatically eligible for selection in the draft.
Signability: If a player is not drafted by age of 20, that player becomes an unrestricted free agent. A player not signed by drafted team within two years can reenter draft, assuming they are still eligible, and if they are not eligible, will become unrestricted an free agent. A team has the rights of an NCAA player until 30 days after the player leaves the college. If a player is drafted a second time, they can not reenter the draft. If a player has entered the draft twice and not been selected, they then become free agents regardless of age. A non-North American player can not be signed unless they are drafted first.

why should we be allowed to,limit what an adult can do with their future? Sorry sir, you're not allowed to obtain gainful employment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars because we need you to supply those same skills to a multimillion dollar industry on the pretense of an education that you'll likely never use.

Sound downright anti american to me.

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Sound downright anti american to me.

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Training for a job is downright anti american?

Let's just allow extremely gifted high school scholars who enjoy medicine to start training in a residency then

Raising your draft stock and getting increased exposure because you were NOT drafted out of high school is anti american? I was open to discussion of this but, that's just silly.

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why should we be allowed to,limit what an adult can do with their future? Sorry sir, you're not allowed to obtain gainful employment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars because we need you to supply those same skills to a multimillion dollar industry on the pretense of an education that you'll likely never use. Sound downright anti american to me.

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No.. the NBA teams decided they want to raise the age because they didn't want to draft 18 year olds.

It's 100% American to allow a business the freedom to hire who they want and make their rules.

The colleges don't have a choice.

It's an NBA rule.

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The university provides training, nutrition, coaching, and most importantly exposure that enables the kid to maximize their value. That's why kids take that route.

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I believe the Op was talking about one and done guys and possibly fringe draft players coming out of HS or after year one in college. most of what you're talking about does not apply to those kids. Most of those kids also do not need much exposure.

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Also, tons of industries force employees to attend college before being able to be gainfully employed in position

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True but that's only professions that need specific skill sets that are only taught in college and only specific jobs in those industries.

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Ok just caught this and it's fricking stupid.

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Which part is stupid? The fact that college basketball is a multimillion dollar business (perhaps not for most colleges, though. Definitely for the ESPNs of the world, though)

Or the fact that those players likely to get drafted/leave early for the draft often, if not usually, are really marginally attending college and will get no benefit from a degree if they even get one?

In truth, if education is what you're worried about you should clear the field of those players who want to attempt to go pro to allow players who want this as a route to an education to get one. Of course the on court product may suffer as a result.