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To What Extent Should College Basketball Players Should Have To Spend More Than One Year In College

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In “The NBA’s ‘One and Done’ : pros and cons” Evan Rosenfeld and Robert Payne states, “According to the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement, a U.S. player must be 19 years old and one year removed from high school to become eligible for the NBA draft. Essentially, high school players are forced to either attend college for a year or play in a professional league overseas instead of going straight to the NBA from high school.” In other words, college basketball players should be required to spend more than one year in college. College basketball players should have to spend more than one year in college before entering the NBA because if an injury in the NBA is career-ending players will have a hard time finding a replacement job without a college degree, players who leave after just one year in college might not have enough time to mature, and players still haven’t developed all of their skills in which college experience will help give them time to do so. …show more content…

Rosenfeld and Robert state, “The NBA does not provide monetary security if a player suffers a career-ending injury or if their career fails to take off.” This proves that a player of the NBA has a career-ending injury the NBA will not support them. If players had the injury in college they would have the option to pursue a different career. Even if players have their injury in the NBA without a college degree players would have a harder time finding a job rather than a player who dose. In other words, players need to spend more than one year in college because players need to have a college degree in the case of them having a career-ending

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