One and done

Currently listening to Lose Yourself by eminem.  Yeah, I don't know either...I just like this song.

So after the ncaa basketball tournament was over, there was the yearly exodus from the college ranks to the NBA.  However, the major people heading off to make big bank were not seniors or juniors.  The big names were freshmen.  Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, OJ Mayo, and Kevin Love are the biggest names going into the draft who were all underclassmen this year.  Personally, I think that two of the four (Beasley and Love) are NBA ready (but what do I know).  The other two are really good, and could get better playing another year or two in college.  

The only reason that they went to college was because of the 'one and done' rule.  Basically, the NBA was sick and tired of these high school kids skipping college and going right to the bank with their huge checks that they don't really deserve.  Granted, players like Kevin Garrnet, Kobe Bryant, and Lebron James (to name a few) had no issues making the transition to the NBA, they are all gifted players.  However, you also have the teens that think they are good enough, and the media is partly to blame.  You get EPSN playing high school (yes, high school) games on prime time televison because of one player.  All the analysts talk about how one said player is so good and how they are a man among boys.  That's because they are bigger amongst younger players.  However, if you match an eighteen or nineteen year old against a twenty four or twenty five year old, they're going to get hosed...big time.  It'll just happen.  

So why not make them all go to school for two or even three years.  You know, give them an education.  They are going to need to do something after they're playing days are up.  Any person that wants to go from high school to a professional sport may say that they want to take their game to the next level, or they don't have anything left to prove at whatever level they are playing at, are so full of shit it isn't funny.  

They just want to make bank and spend their money on some fucked up suburban or hummer (fuH2).  I think that a two year minimum of college (or semi-professional level) experience should be required.