NBA Commissioner: Making NBA age limit 20 top priority
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NEW YORK -- Armed with majority support from owners and saying "we're ready to go," NBA commissioner Adam Silver made it clear that pushing back the league's age minimum to 20 is at the top of his priority list.
The league's owners hosted NCAA president Mark Emmert to discuss the issue as part of their annual two-day spring meeting this week. Any changes wouldn't be in place by next season because the league is waiting for the players' association to name an executive director before formally starting negotiations. But it's clear there's a growing momentum to force this occasionally divisive issue through soon, possibly in time for the 2016 draft.
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Silver If we're going to be successful in raising the age from 19 to 20, part and parcel in those negotiations goes to the treatment of players on those college campuses and closing the gap between what their scholarships cover and their expenses. We haven't looked specifically at creating a financial incentive for them to stay in college. That's been an option that has been raised over the years but that's not something that is on the table right now.
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-- Adam Silver, NBA commissioner
Silver, who was presiding over his first board of governors meeting since taking over from former commissioner David Stern in February, said the league and the NCAA have discussed creating some programs and provisions to help players stay in college longer as part of a way to get the union to accept the changes.
When the league and the players' union signed the collective bargaining agreement in 2011, it was agreed that the current one-and-done college rule could be revised at any time. The players' union recently named Sacramento mayor and former NBA player Kevin Johnson to head a committee to name a new leader by the start of the 2014-15 season.
"If we're going to be successful in raising the age from 19 to 20, part and parcel in those negotiations goes to the treatment of players on those college campuses and closing the gap between what their scholarships cover and their expenses," Silver said. "We haven't looked specifically at creating a financial incentive for them to stay in college. That's been an option that has been raised over the years, but that's not something that is on the table right now."
In addition, Silver said Emmert and the team owners talked about other ways to potentially ease a player's transition from college to the NBA. This could include changes in officiating and game play, such as reducing the NCAA's shot clock, which is 35 seconds compared to the NBA's 24.
• Silver said owners discussed possible changes to the draft lottery and the current playoff system. There has been a growing sense of a need to change the way draft position is established to discourage teams from attempting to lose games to enhance draft or playoff spots.
Owners presented a number of options, including changing the odds, the so-called "wheel" that would rotate the No. 1 pick to all 30 teams over 30 years and a play-in tournament to determine draft order. But Silver said there was no consensus on which direction to take and that it will be studied by the league's competition committee at its annual summit over the summer. The owners did not discuss a timetable for potential changes.
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college players better get paid then
this would be a good opportunity for the D league to get their hands on the one and done players and prepare the for the NBA.
this would be a good opportunity for the D league to get their hands on the one and done players and prepare the for the NBA.
why exactly does the NCAA have different rules than the NBA? Make the game more attractive? I don't get why they have a different shot clock and different 3 point line and not 4 quarters.
It was all to ease the players into the game.
In theory, the players aren't "as strong".
And the reduced coaching allowed, so giving the players more time to think and execute sets.
The rules make sense when you remember it's basically an age tournament.
In theory, the players aren't "as strong".
And the reduced coaching allowed, so giving the players more time to think and execute sets.
The rules make sense when you remember it's basically an age tournament.
Isn't the D-League already a real minor league?Not really. There are some D-League teams that have four or five NBA affiliates. That's not really conducive for anything. You can't send younger guys down to learn your system, things like that. As it is now, it's basically pickup games.
The rules make sense when you remember it's basically an age tournament.
I can't think of another sport (outside of the other big us sports) that has kids at 18+ playing with different rules.
Might be because most of them already turned pro by then. but even 12 year olds play on the same Soccer field for the same amount of time.
The rules make sense when you remember it's basically an age tournament.
I can't think of another sport (outside of the other big us sports) that has kids at 18+ playing with different rules.
Might be because most of them already turned pro by then. but even 12 year olds play on the same Soccer field for the same amount of time.
college baseball uses aluminum bats.
College football has different major rules, too. You only need 1 foot in bounds for possession. 1st downs stop the clock til ball is reset. OT is different.
Soccer doesn't but that's cuz there's barely any rules in soccer that are changeable.
At least the NCAA is using the international 3 point line now. The old layup line they used to have was abysmal
The rules make sense when you remember it's basically an age tournament.
I can't think of another sport (outside of the other big us sports) that has kids at 18+ playing with different rules.
Might be because most of them already turned pro by then. but even 12 year olds play on the same Soccer field for the same amount of time.
A lot of contact sports have a lot of provissions in them to make the games much more safe.
And a lot of them are extremely restrictive on age criteria until everyone is over 21.
