Last week the NCAA announced new, loosened rules for students
contemplating entering the NBA draft. Considering the NBA draft
figures for the most recent year listed on the NCAA website (2013),
this rule change will affect far less than one percent of those
playing NCAA basketball. This unbalanced approach, like many other
things the NCAA does, emphasizes the professional few over the
amateur many. This emphasis, which is often accompanied, as in this
case, with intricate rules, has contributed to commencement of
several major lawsuits challenging amateurism in college
sports.
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