Welcome Guest

it's collective bargaining

Posted on: August 25, 2016 at 23:12:35 CT

Bobk MU

Posts:

27476

Member For:

25.93 yrs

Level:

User

M.O.B. Votes:

existing players protect their short term jobs by implementing barriers to entry, in this case a year out of high school. They could implement a four year barrier if they wanted to, although the NBA would have to agree to it too.

Please explain why this message is being reported.

REPLY

MESSAGE THREAD

Would college basketball be "better" if freshmen could not - MIZZOU_FANATIC MU - 8/25 18:25:16

Your solution....... - alwaysright MU - 8/26 06:57:06

Or the NCAA could allow a player to enter the draft and - StaleyTiger MU - 8/26 07:58:36

It is the easiest, but it is not the best. The kids still - alwaysright MU - 8/26 09:23:13

And it would allow the kid to return to school and finish - tgr MU

- 8/26 08:32:10

Nope. nm - Spartus MWSC - 8/25 22:38:06

No. Better to do it like baseball. - tigerspy MU - 8/25 22:08:54

No, but let them go straight out of high school. (nm) - Uncle John MU

- 8/25 20:21:19

No, the NBA needs to change its rules (nm) - Da_Haze KC - 8/25 18:36:59

it's collective bargaining - Bobk MU - 8/25 23:12:35

I actually think the NBA should allow high school kids. I do - MIZZOU_FANATIC MU - 8/25 18:43:08

If Microsoft could basically force that kid to go to a lower - StaleyTiger MU - 8/26 07:55:53

NBA also gets to see the kids play against better players & - MIZZOU_FANATIC MU - 8/26 08:27:09

True. You can thank Kwame Brown for the whole one & done - StaleyTiger MU - 8/26 08:28:52

RE: I actually think the NBA should allow high school kids. I do - kcsportsnut MU - 8/25 19:41:41

I agree. Many would try to go straight out of HS - Da_Haze KC - 8/25 18:58:41

Almost all would fail. Just like all the guys that go after - MIZZOU_FANATIC MU - 8/25 19:10:48

There have been 40 players to skip college - zodiac6 JC - 8/25 22:48:39

I remember jonathon bender(nm) - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/25 23:01:35

He made $30 million. - zodiac6 JC - 8/26 00:45:27

He invented some kind of exercise equipment too.(nm) - MIZZOU_FANATIC MU - 8/26 08:27:40

not a mistake for him. A mistake for the NBA teams that - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/26 00:55:06

Not really. His injuries weren't predictable. - zodiac6 JC - 8/26 13:34:48

predatory agents filling their heads with bs - Da_Haze KC - 8/25 19:13:25

A few could. But not most IMO. Not that many - GA Tiger MU - 8/25 18:52:23

No. (nm) - Evenflow MU - 8/25 18:33:17

No.(nm) - zodiac6 JC - 8/25 18:25:54