Three Year Rule For The NBA?

Every year at the after the college basketball season there are always a hand full of players that declare for the NBA draft that have no busy in the NBA in that point in time in their careers. Many are underclassmen that just aren't ready for the NBA game mentally or physically or both which in the result shows a lot of promising players just jumping to the NBA then just disappearing over a few short years. How can the NBA change this? Easy just change the rule that will help the NBA as well as college basketball.

Currently the rule is that player as to be 19 years old and a year out of high school before declaring for the NBA Draft. David Stern has said that he would like to see one more year added to that rule which would be okay but they should go one step whether than that. The rule should be players can come straight out of high school but if they do decide to they have to go straight to the D League and if they decide to go to college they have to stay for at least three years.

That rule would help both the NBA and college basketball and here's why. For the NBA, if some young high school phenom comes out of high school turns pro and the team feels like he can't contribute right away but has unlimited potential. Then that team would start him out in the D League for the first couple of years. It is called the Developmental League for a reason and then like baseball they would be called up when ready or needed. This will be force the NBA to use the D League more like the farm system in baseball.

As for college basketball this rule would put an end to the "one and done" which is just ruining college basketball and let's face it the only ones who like the "one and done" are Kentucky fans. It would bring back college superstars for more than one season and that's something college basketball desperately needs right now a face of college basketball.

Some people would ask what if a player is not a phenom and he's just not made for college? Well that player could take the same route Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks took. After high school, Jennings went oversea for a season then enter the NBA draft granted other players may have to stay longer but its another option and plus they would get paid. The NBA has to do something though both the NBA and college basketball are being ruined in certain ways just from one rule.