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All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. [14] Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the CBA, must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class. [14] The "one year out of high school" requirement is in addition to the age requirement.
The decision allowed a significant number of high school graduates and college attendees to make themselves eligible for the NBA draft without waiting until four years after high school. [4] The ABA would also host a similar type of draft during this period of time called the "special circumstances draft" in 1971 and 1973 following the results ...
The WNBA's draft eligibility rules make players finish four years of college or turn 22 in the calendar year of the draft. But there's much more than just enacting a one-and-done rule.
In education in the United States, reclassification or reclassing is the assignment of a student's high school (secondary school) graduation class to either a year earlier or later than their original. For young athletes, graduating a year earlier frees them to start their college sports career, with the hope of playing professionally sooner.
"If you don't draft me, that's your fault. You've got to remember you're the same team that's got to play me for the rest of my career, and I'll remember that."
In the early years of the NBA draft, a player had to finish his four-year college eligibility to be eligible for selection. Reggie Harding, who had graduated from high school but did not enroll in a college, became the first player drafted out of high school when the Detroit Pistons selected him in the fourth round of the 1962 draft. [3]
College seniors will don graduation gowns this month before jumping into a job market that isn’t quite as hungry for their diplomas as it is for skills learned outside of four-year schools.
The current age limit for NBA draft eligibility is 19, measured on December 31 of the calendar year of the draft. [6] The WNBA's age limit is 20 for "international players" and 22 for U.S. players, both also being measured as of December 31 of the calendar year of the draft. [4]