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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. For example, although O. J. Mayo turned 19 in November 2006, six months before his high school ...
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]
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 ...
However, starting in the 2006 draft, high school players were not eligible to enter the draft directly after graduating from high school. The eligibility rules for the draft now state that high school players will gain eligibility for draft selection one year after their high school graduation, and they must also be at least 19 years old as of ...
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.
As an alternative to repeating a grade, some students delay entering college for a year by enrolling in a postgraduate program at a prep school after high school. [ 3 ] [ 18 ] [ 9 ] Some opt for a prep school due to academic issues, but that is not always the reason. [ 19 ]
This draft could have possibly been the last in which high school players of any nationality are ineligible for pick after graduation as the two associations sought at first to lower the minimum age back to 18 and end the need to wait one year after their high school class graduated, also called the "one and done" requirement, ahead of next ...
The school said it would fast-track degrees for the 13 excluded Thursday if they mount successful appeals. “We understand that the inability to graduate is consequential for students and their ...