Prep stars to challenge NBA age limit

[Da Coach]

High school teammates and ranked #1 and #2 in the class of 2007, O.J. Mayo and Bill Walker are considering a legal challenge to the NBA age limit rule. Both players are a year older than the usual high school senior, and claim that they should be allowed to jump right to the NBA after high school. They will both be 19 in 2007, but the NBA rule also requires that 1 year pass after their graduation from high school.

http://sports-law.blogspot.com/2006/07/oj-mayo-and-billy-walker-to-challenge.html

Another article about how high schoolers might be able to get around the NBA rule. They could acquire dual citizenship from another country and then qualify as a foreign player. The rules concerning high school players in the US do not apply the same to foreign players.

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNDcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5NTk3MTcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2

[tornado]

Interesting arguments both ways.....for & against the NBA age limit...
Is it fair to take away a tremendous earning opportunity from a kid who ought to be able to go to the NBA if he is able?

It starts with a freedom and fair-market argument, about why guys like Kevin Garnett or LeBron would have had to play a year in college had they come along later.

But the requirement to stay in college just one year creates a mockery of the educational system.

And that of course the very best (one-and-done) players are always going to go to the
big schools so they will always get the best talent, and since they are going to be gone in a year,
then those big schools will have even more scholarships opening up to get the recruits the smaller guys might
have been able to get.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/sullivan/20080423-9999-1s23sullivan.html