Stern has no business telling an 18 year old

What right does David Stern have to tell an 18 year old when he's mature enough to play pro ball or not? The fact that 18 year old kids are being forced or told to go play for free at  a University, making that school millions is beyond ridiculous.  Furthermore those 18 year olds are not only suppose to pass up millions to play for some college, but are asked to risk  serious injury like shattering their knees or ankles, and any chance they have for a pro career. Not only are they told to do this for free, but in fact they're told not to work, and not to take anything free from the boosters.  Why has Stern put this rule into effect? I guarantee you it doesn't have a damn thing to do with what's in the best interest of the kid, but rather what's in the best interest of the NBA and the NCAA. Clearly, not the kid, that has every constitutional right to earn a living for himself and his family.

Those same 18 year olds, that supposedly aren't ready for pro ball, and are being told by Stern what is "best for them" can go risk their lives fighting in Iraq, but aren't mature enough to play pro basketball. I wonder why tennis players can play pro at age 15, or golfers, or boxers can turn pro at age 18. But 2 sports have decided that you can't be a professional unitl after age 18, and that football and basketball. I wonder if that has to do with the billions of dollars the NCAA makes by keeping star athletes in their sports longer. Perhaps theres something rotten involved here?

Whatever the case, these laws are fuked up and need to be challenged and overturn. Every adult has the right to make decisions for themselves,and to be told they can't is flat out wrong. The problem however, is a kid challenging these rules (which are 100 percent designed for the best financial interest of the Pro's and colleges and not the kids), ultimately have to hire a lawyer and take on a billion dollar league, which has the best lawyers in the country. Therefore, these unfair, corrupt rules remain in tact.

Actually Stern does have the right.

By the way, nobody's being forced to go to school, play for free, or risk injury.  The rule says you have to be 19 by the beginning of the draft year and you have to be one year removed from your high school graduating class. That's it. They could just sit out a year if they wanted.

No you're definitely not a lawyer and you're definitely not intelligent. Not remotely. First of all an 18 year old can be a lawyer as long as he passed the bar. Secondly, Stern is not saying a person needs 1 year of college experience. Where did you get that from? He's only saying he has to be 19 years old. He can sit out college and then enter the draft. Wake up, and pay attention Natch.

Stern is arbitrarily impossing a minimum age requirement that discriminates against adults that are 18 years old. It has nothing to do with College experience. Although, it's designed to have the kid play a year of college, so the NBA gets a free scouting report of the kid. Therefore, unlike Baseball who pays a 17 year olds minor league contract to monitor his development. Stern and the nba are in collusion with the NCAA to try and scout and develop the kid for free. It's total collusion and exploitation of a kid. Eventually the rule will be overturned because it's unconstitutional, but someone with a lawyer has to fight it and fight a powerful team of nba attorneys.

Wake up, and use your head Natch. As usual, you've missed the boat.