http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/04/29/underclassmen-in-the-draft/ The National Sports Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:51:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/04/29/underclassmen-in-the-draft/#comment-119944 John Paulsen Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:24:36 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/?p=3061#comment-119944 It's not up to David Stern. He wanted to make the age limit 20 (or 21, I can't remember), but the Players Union fought him tooth and nail. As for the rule where players can go back to school if they don't hire an agent, I like it. It gives kids an opportunity to test the waters and if they find out they're not ready (by actually working out for teams against other potential draftees) then they can go back to school. It’s not up to David Stern. He wanted to make the age limit 20 (or 21, I can’t remember), but the Players Union fought him tooth and nail. As for the rule where players can go back to school if they don’t hire an agent, I like it. It gives kids an opportunity to test the waters and if they find out they’re not ready (by actually working out for teams against other potential draftees) then they can go back to school.

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