Moses Malone went straight to the pros. Didn’t waste his time. 18 year olds are adults with the same rights as you and I. Would they all be better off with this interlude b4 entering the pros? Not for us to answer.
Moses Malone played at Louisiana Tech. He did not go straight to the NBA. Spencer Haywood did. I believe he was the first to do it. If you want to stop this let kids who think they’re good enough go directly from HS to the NBA. Problem solved. Of course the NBA doesn’t want that. They like the system just the way it is. It allows them the luxury of not running a minor league program, and let’s the college weed out the pretenders.
The NBA has a developmental league and there is always international basketball. I would support eliminating the mandatory one year in college before being eligible to play in the NBA. If you can vote and fight for your country at 18, you should be able to play in the NBA if a team wants you at any age.
All in favor of eliminating any age limitation.