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Report: NBA Formally Proposes Lowering Draft Age Limit To 18USA Today’s Jeff Zillgitt reported this afternoon that the NBA has submitted a formal proposal to the NBPA to allow 18-year-olds to be eligible for the NBA Draft by 2022. The current rules require players to be 19 before they can be drafted, and lowering the age limit would be the first step towards...

The NBA's Crappy One-And-Done Rule Is One Big Step Closer To DeathThe NBA is steadily laying the foundation for the end of the rule requiring basketball prospects to wait a year after graduating from high school before declaring for the NBA Draft. Adam Silver has been making noise about this for a while, and Condoleezza Rice’s otherwise useless commission recommen...

BronnyWatch: NBA Suggests One-And-Done Could Be Out As Soon As 2021Welcome to BronnyWatch, where we track the potential NBA destinations for LeBron James Jr. ...

The Perfectly Stupid Scandal Of The NCAA's First Real One-And-Done<em></em><em></em>

Nearly 30 years ago, on the day before he was to play for a national championship, Andrew Gaze was on the defensive....

As Usual, John Calipari Pushes An NCAA Rule To Its Limit

In a tweetstorm this afternoon, Kentucky coach John Calipari revealed his latest plan to lay bare the machinations of the NCAA. Here is a lightly edited transcript of his tweets:...

Mercer's Seniors Beat Duke, But Does Experience Matter In March Madness?

Last Friday, No. 14 seed Mercer shocked No. 3 seed Duke, 78-71, in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. Mercer started five seniors, while Duke started freshman and presumed-lottery-pick Jabari Parker alongside three sophomores and a lone senior. Quickly a narrative emerged: Mercer won because ...

Pac-12 Commissioner Combines Good Idea With Dumb Suggestion

Caporegime Larry Scott, who runs the NCAA's west coast crew as the commissioner of the Pac-12, wants to arrange some kind of sit-down with the heads of all of the NCAA's families. He has a beef with basketball's so-called one-and-done rule, which requires athletes to spend one year pretending to be ...