New NBA draft rule should benefit players
Last year's withdrawal deadline was April 16, just 10 days after the national title game and long before NBA teams begin to hold workouts or seriously evaluate draft prospects. This year's withdrawal deadline will be May 25, giving draft prospects a much more fair chance to evaluate how they stack up.
The other athlete-friendly change the NCAA made was to allow prospects the chance to declare for the draft more than once with no penalty as long as they withdraw by the deadline each time. In previous years, any players who already tested the waters once could not do so a second time without rendering themselves ineligible to return to college basketball.
Last year's withdrawal deadline was April 16, just 10 days after the national title game and long before NBA teams begin to hold workouts or seriously evaluate draft prospects. This year's withdrawal deadline will be May 25, giving draft prospects a much more fair chance to evaluate how they stack up.
The other athlete-friendly change the NCAA made was to allow prospects the chance to declare for the draft more than once with no penalty as long as they withdraw by the deadline each time. In previous years, any players who already tested the waters once could not do so a second time without rendering themselves ineligible to return to college basketball.
