No More Age Limit
What’s up Yard?! I know I’ve been away for a minute but I’M BACK! I’ve been working out hard and traveling a little bit. I went to DC for a few days to work out and meet my new coaching staff. For all of my Wizards’ fans out there, I hear Gilbert Arenas has lost 20 pounds since the end of the season and is in phenomenal shape –playoffs here we come!
Now that we got that out of the way, let’s talk about what’s really piqued my interest in the news lately. A lot of attention has gone to the fact that USC coach Tim Floyd has resigned due to the allegations that he gave improper benefits to OJ Mayo. While I don’t know if it’s true and if it’s true it’s definitely wrong, that’s not the real issue to me. The question is – why was he in college anyways? This is a guy whose life-long dream was to play in the NBA and was only in college because of the age limit rule forcing him to go. I think situations like this would be less likely to happen if guys didn’t have to do a year in college or be 19 to play in the NBA. Personally, I think it’s wrong and they should be allowed to play. No one says anything when tennis stars go pro and start making millions of dollars as teenagers.
I don’t think the age limit should be enforced because it also has the potential to take millions of dollars out of these kids’ pockets, especially if an injury is sustained at the college level. Along with Mayo, there’s some controversy over Derrick Rose’s SAT scores. He’s another kid who I don’t think should’ve been in college at all. Even though he had a great NCAA run with Memphis, let’s be honest, we all know he shouldn’t have been playing college basketball – he should’ve been allowed to do what he’s doing now – becoming an NBA star.
Since high school players can’t go straight to the pros and are having a hard time with SAT scores and gaining college eligibility, you have cases like Brandon Jennings where he decided to go millions of miles away to play basketball in Italy instead of playing college basketball at Arizona. This is all due to the age limit – he should’ve been playing in the NBA last season if he was good enough. And now you have a player named Jeremy Tyler who is 17 years old and leaving high school early to go play basketball overseas. This kid is supposed to have the potential to be a number 1 pick in the draft but feels he has to skip his senior year in high school and go millions of miles away to fulfill his dream of playing professional basketball because of the age limit.
The main reason why most people go to college is position themselves to get a good high-paying job. I’m not sure if there’s a better high-paying job out there for a young basketball player than playing in the NBA. Holla at me Yard and let me know what you think!
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Now that we got that out of the way, let’s talk about what’s really piqued my interest in the news lately. A lot of attention has gone to the fact that USC coach Tim Floyd has resigned due to the allegations that he gave improper benefits to OJ Mayo. While I don’t know if it’s true and if it’s true it’s definitely wrong, that’s not the real issue to me. The question is – why was he in college anyways? This is a guy whose life-long dream was to play in the NBA and was only in college because of the age limit rule forcing him to go. I think situations like this would be less likely to happen if guys didn’t have to do a year in college or be 19 to play in the NBA. Personally, I think it’s wrong and they should be allowed to play. No one says anything when tennis stars go pro and start making millions of dollars as teenagers.
I don’t think the age limit should be enforced because it also has the potential to take millions of dollars out of these kids’ pockets, especially if an injury is sustained at the college level. Along with Mayo, there’s some controversy over Derrick Rose’s SAT scores. He’s another kid who I don’t think should’ve been in college at all. Even though he had a great NCAA run with Memphis, let’s be honest, we all know he shouldn’t have been playing college basketball – he should’ve been allowed to do what he’s doing now – becoming an NBA star.
Since high school players can’t go straight to the pros and are having a hard time with SAT scores and gaining college eligibility, you have cases like Brandon Jennings where he decided to go millions of miles away to play basketball in Italy instead of playing college basketball at Arizona. This is all due to the age limit – he should’ve been playing in the NBA last season if he was good enough. And now you have a player named Jeremy Tyler who is 17 years old and leaving high school early to go play basketball overseas. This kid is supposed to have the potential to be a number 1 pick in the draft but feels he has to skip his senior year in high school and go millions of miles away to fulfill his dream of playing professional basketball because of the age limit.
The main reason why most people go to college is position themselves to get a good high-paying job. I’m not sure if there’s a better high-paying job out there for a young basketball player than playing in the NBA. Holla at me Yard and let me know what you think!
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