Why is everyone so angry at kids wanting to play in the NBA? Why shouldn't they get the chance? It's like people want to punish 18 year old kids if they make a mistake, how about helping these kids?
Here's what I would do, players can enter the NBA draft after high school, if they don't get picked they can still go to school at the college of their choice right away. Why punish these kids for checking out the "job market" before they go to college. Now after that I don't think there is anything wrong with the NCAA saying accepting a scholarship is a 3 year commitment and you can't come out until after your 3rd year. This wouldn't punish kids for pursuing their dream right after high school and would help the college game. I mean the one and dones kind of suck, but would anyone really want to see Kentucky return their whole team next year? Davis and Kidd-Gilchrist already look like NBA players toying with little boys, next year would be boring. Both of those guys would have been drafted out of high school in the 1st round.
A kid like Burke would be required to stay in college 3 years and it wouldn't be a stigma for players anymore that they stayed and scouts would be a little more patient with their evaluations of kids. Sullinger is a victim of the system, he stayed 1 year too long and his game is now being picked apart by NBA scouts, if it was a foregone conclusion that he was staying a 3rd year, he could work on his weaknesses before the scouts really even started to scrutinize him too much. Now he has no choice but to come out now, and he lost millions actually by staying that extra year. These kids have more at risk by staying too long than by leaving too early now. For every Marcus Taylor there is a Kalin Lucas, Durrell Summers, or even Jared Sullnger who hurt themselves by staying a year too long.
As for Burke, how is he going to help his draft stock by staying another year? The NBA drafts on potential and 2nd team AA as a freshman indicates a lot of potential.
