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

Abstract Basketball players who enter the NBA early are not ready for the NBA. Early entry into the NBA by high aim and college hoops game players has had a negative affect on the college basketball program, the NBA, and the players themselves. Each year the physique 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 talent due to players leaving early. The high school players that go directly into the NBA are pain sensation the college program because they never contribute to the college program at all. The NBA now has to deal with a higher level of immaturity and disrespect by young players. College basketball players obtain a certain amount of respect and maturity in college. The players suffer by not grasping the concept of learning due to lose of education. Many analysts say that entering the NBA before finishing a four-year program i s entering too early. The NBA commissioner, David Stern, has begun to work on ways to encourage players to go to and snag 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. ahead 1994 there were usually 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 Young 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. Understanding Psychology. Boston McGraw-Hill, 2000 . Henderson, John. Skippin School. The Denver Post 11 March 1999 D1 Livingston, Bill. Young NBA Players hornswoggle on the Job. The Plain Dealer 17 December 1997 D1 May, Peter. Exorbitant 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 Dispatch 4 July 1999 E2 Wann, Daniel. police squad Identification. Journal of Sports Behavior 7 June 2000 23 Wilbon, Michael. Draft Pool. The Washington Post 3 May 2001 D1 Wolff, Alexander. Impossible Dream. Sports Illustrated 2 July 1997 C4