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This is a link to a document that lists the high school eligibility for NBA players. Basically, it states that to enter the NBA draft, a player must be at least nineteen years old during the calendar year of the draft, and must be one year removed from high school. This rule did not come into effect until after the 20052006 NBA Season. It was put into place after NBA teams complained to the league office about the failures of drafting a player right out of high school. Boren, Cindy. "Nerlens Noel Injury Raises New Debate about NBA Age Limit." Washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2013. Web. 08 Mar. 2013. This article is about an article written by a columnist at the Washington Post after a top draft prospect, Nerlens Noel, was severely injured in a college basketball game. Nerlens was projected as the top pick in the 2013 NBA draft. If the high school eligibility rule was in place, Nerlens would have been able to skip college and jump directly to the NBA, where he would have better access to doctors and physicians. The base of this article is that forcing potential NBA players to go to college for a year is a sham. It forces players to put their careers at stake every time they take the court, with no insurance put in place for them in case of injury. In the NBA, these players would have guaranteed money and insurance to cover any liabilities. Dohrmann, George. "Pay For Play." Sports Illustrated 115.18 (2011): 52-59. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. Web. 11 Mar. 2013. This article is about a discussed system for college athletes that would pay them for playing. This article goes deep into a very popular discussion about compensation for college athletes. Paying college athletes seems like a fair system for the highest revenue-earning sports, football and basketball. This would be a great system for football players; it would not be proper compensation for basketball players. Unlike football players, high school basketball players are taken early in the professional league draft. The football players are potentially losing thousands of dollars by going to college, but the basketball players are potentially losing millions of dollars by going to college. Basketball players are being unfairly punished for poor draft choices by NBA teams Kopkin, Nolan. "Tax Avoidance: How Income Tax Rates Affect The Labor Migration Decisions Of NBA Free Agents." Journal Of Sports Economics 13.6 (2012): 571-602. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. Web. 11 Mar. 2013. This article gives a detailed look into how much professional basketball players earn. While this article is more focused on the implications of state income taxes in regards to free agents, it still demonstrates the earnings high school players could be making instead of attending college. Prinz, Joachim, Daniel Weimar, and Christian Deutscher. "Popularity Kills The Talentstar? Einflussfaktoren Auf Superstargehalter In Der NBA. (Popularity Kills The Talentstar?

Determinants Of Star-Salaries In The NBA. With English Summary.)." Zeitschrift Fur Betriebswirtschaft 82.7-8 (2012): 789-806. EconLit with Full Text. Web. 11 Mar. 2013. Simmons, Bill. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy. New York: Ballantine/ESPN, 2009. Print.