"Student Athletes or Unversity Slaves"- Week 3

I keep forgetting a blog is due every Monday. I don't feel well, and I have work tonight, but I guess I'll suck it up and do this "blog" stuff to the best of my ability.

So I found out that this law about age restrictions that I saw applies to the NBA. Ever since Darryl Hawkins in 1975, no one else has been able to jump right from high school to pro basketball.(Axelrod) There also is a age requirement in the NFL and age restrictions in the NHL and PGA. The NFL rule requires a player to either be out of high school for three years or have finished three college football seasons before joining the league.(Bianchi)

Some of the most exciting people are the youngest players on the team. They put up many points a game. Players like Tracy McGrady, Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant can average as much as 25 points in a single basketball game(One More Dying Quail:Career Averages). Like I said before, for some people, sports is their thing. If you have the ability and skill to play in the pro world at 18, you should be allowed to.

To back up my belief that there should be no restrictions, I scrapped up some reasons why. A few athletically gifted players who do not have the academic abilities required to play in college have less chances to play professionally. The age requirement would force young athletes to wait a year or two before being drafted or trying out for a professional team. Another issue with age requirements is the sports agent looking to capitalize on those years an athlete lost.(Bianchi)

More to come on this age restriction..





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Axelrod, Phil. "Three decades after jumping from high school into the pros, Dawkins mentors wannabes." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 07 07 2006 14 05 2008 .

Bianchi, Greg. "Age Requirement in Professional Sport." US Sports Academy (2006) 28 04 2008.

"From High School to NBA: Career Averages." [Weblog One More Dying Quail] 05 03 2007. 15 May 2008 .