Those rules changed to keep the NCAAs monopoly on just-out-of-High School players. No better deal in town, if they can’t play pro ball.
I agree completely. I’m just stating they can’t do it anymore.
If you can vote, go to jail forever, and go to war and die, you should be able to play ball. The idea that the leagues are concerned about their safety because they haven’t fully matured yet is BS. The colleges/NCAA get their money, and the pros get to see how they pan out. It is most certainly a racket.
In the case of the NBA that rule changed because teams signed so many high-school kids to big contracts that simply couldn't play. The NBA was protecting themselves from themselves.