define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); draft eligibility – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:38:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court One-and-Done Rule: Status Quo With Several (Not Good) Options… http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/01/one-and-done-rule-apparently-status-quo-with-several-not-good-options/ http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/01/one-and-done-rule-apparently-status-quo-with-several-not-good-options/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:55:26 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=49117

An interesting thing happened last weekend. The NBA lockout came to a close and the single most impactful aspect of the labor negotiations on the sport of college basketball was left on (or under) the table without a decision yet made. It had been widely speculated for months, even years, that NBA ownership was heavily in favor of changing its draft eligibility rule from the current much-maligned one-and-done format  — where players are eligible for the NBA Draft one year after their high school class graduates and when they turn 19 years old – to the more brand-friendly two-and-through/20 years [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/01/one-and-done-rule-apparently-status-quo-with-several-not-good-options/feed/ 1