Adam Silver officially took over as the new NBA commissioner with the retirement of David Stern last week and he already has a big change he wants implemented.
Stern ruffled a lot of feathers when he changed the rules and no longer allowed players to go straight from high school to the league. Â They either have to spend a year in college or play overseas as the age limit to enter the league is 19. Â Now Silver wants to increase the limit even higher to 20-years old. Â It’s something Stern also wanted and as his longtime deputy, Silver is pushing the same initiative.
Increasing the age limit to 20 is a priority for Adam Silver. It will be a topic of discussion once the union hires an executive director.
— Scott Howard-Cooper (@SHowardCooper) February 6, 2014
“We would love to add a year, but that’s not something that the players’ association has been willing to agree to,” Stern said in 2012. “They would probably say, ‘What would you give us?’ ”
Of course college basketball coaches and schools would love this change especially University of Kentucky coach John Calipari who’s often a victim of “one-and-done” players.
As for the players themselves there’s many reasons this doesn’t work in their favor. Â Players who have a breakout freshman year and predicted lottery pick often fall the longer they stay in college. Â There’s also the worry of suffering an injury, dropping their stock and their chances.
Supporters of the rule says it helps the kids, detractors say it helps the schools. Â We all know how much universities make off college athletes so you have to wonder, is this really about protecting the kids?
– Shaina Auxilly (@Shay_Marie)
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