Age limit article

[Lakeview Brave]

I think Congress is questioning the BCS under existing law, or at least, they are saying that. They're scrutinizing whether the BCS is operating as an unfair monopoly, right?

As far as the NBA and the age limit is concerned, could someone argue age discrimination? Age is one of the protected classes, I think. Though I'm curious as to how sports leagues are legally able to avoid the gender issue. Maybe there's a loop-hole and it's just generally accepted.

It is not age discrimination its about commerce and allowing people to pursue a career. The gender issue is a non issue because no female in the world is capable of playing in a mens pro league. I assure you if a woman was good enough they would be playing. You cant claim discrimination when you are not qualified at all for the job.

The only reason the NBA imposed the rule was to allow teams an extra year to evaluate players. It became to hard for NBA teams to pick high school kids hoping for Kobe or Lebron but getting big busts. This way they get a year extra to see if a kid has a chance in the league. I think the NBA would probably prefer the kids play in Europe so they get a sense of being a pro and play against better competition than D1 has to offer.

[tornado]

limits like age (some ages are prohibited in some movies, etc.) and size (ever go to Six Flags?) and sex (the boys cannot try out for the girls' softball team in school)
are really more about common sense than they are dictated by law. If the NBA wants to have an age limit, just like MLB has a rule prohibiting the drafting of a college kid until he's a junior, then the law simply doesn't get involved.
There really are no laws to cover this stuff, and if there were, the laws would all be different from state to state...
So I say leave the law out of all this and let the private organization (the NBA or NCAA or whatever) freely decide how they want to run their organization.

[BradleyBrave]

looks more to me like he's the lead dog in a thinly veiled effort to try to deflect attention and blame away from his beloved alma mater.

Maybe he should support legislation imposing legal penalties on D-I schools who cheat and coddle thugs, bar fighters, and druggies.

Now it is quite clear what the guy's motivation really is, the guy is just being self-serving by trying to push the blame onto the NBA or anyone else.
he can hardly be held as an unbiased, objective voice in this.

If BU was at the heart of this, and Ray LaHood or Aaron Schock was the one writing the letter, I think the feeling would be different.

[Chico]

If BU was at the heart of this, and Ray LaHood or Aaron Schock was the one writing the letter, I think the feeling would be different.

But Bradley isn't at the heart of this and Ray or Aaron didn't write the letter.