Early Entry into the NBA Causes a Negative Impact on Professional Sport

Abstract Basketball players who enter the NBA azoic ar non ready for the NBA. Early entry into the NBA by high give lessons and college basketball players has had a negative affect on the college basketball program, the NBA, and the players themselves. Each year the number of early entries in the NBA rises more and more. In 1997, 47 basketball players entered the NBA draft early, and the number has risen since then. The college basketball program is drained of endowment due to players leaving early. The high school players that go directly into the NBA are hurting the college program because they never contribute to the college program at all. The NBA instantaneously has to deal with a higher level of immaturity and dis complaisance by young players. College basketball players obtain a certain amount of respect and maturity in college. The players suffer by not grasping the creation of learning due to lack of education. Many analysts say that entering the NBA earlier fin ishing a four-year program is entering too early. The NBA commissioner, David Stern, has begun to work on ways to encourage players to go to and stay in college. High school and college basketball players have started to enter the NBA earlier and earlier as the years progress. In general, this is resulting in a negative effect to the college programs, the NBA, and the players themselves. Before 1994 there were unremarkably only eight to ten early entries into the NBA. The number grew to 18 in 1995, and an astonishing 40 players in 1996, and 47 in 1997. The number of early entries in the NBA grows to the point where it is a problem that needs to be dealt with by the NBA players association. College basketball is in serious trouble. Of course, any sport would be when its marquise s... ...arper, 1994. Curtis, Jake. The unseasoned and the Restless. San Francisco Chronicle 8 may 1996 E1 Clarkston, Michael. From Boys to Men. The Toronto Star 28 May 1997 B6 Feldman, Robert. Understand ing Psychology. Boston McGraw-Hill, 2000. Henderson, John. Skippin School. The Denver Post 11 March 1999 D1 Livingston, Bill. Young NBA Players Learn on the Job. The Plain Dealer 17 December 1997 D1 May, Peter. usurious Salaries. The Boston Globe 11 July 1999 E2 McCallum, Jack. Going, Going, Gone. Sports Illustrated 20 July 1996 C4 Pensa, Patty. Early Departures. The Columbus reach 4 July 1999 E2 Wann, Daniel. Team Identification. Journal of Sports Behavior 7 June 2000 23 Wilbon, Michael. lottery Pool. The Washington Post 3 May 2001 D1 Wolff, Alexander. Impossible Dream. Sports Illustrated 2 July 1997 C4