<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Suns swingman Quentin Richardson and center Steven Hunter don't support an age minimum of 20 for first-year players - an NBA proposal that Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal suggested was racist. Richardson and Hunter are among three players on the Phoenix roster who were drafted before reaching the proposed minimum age. Both were drafted when they were 19 and after two years at DePaul. The third is Amar? Stoudemire, who also was drafted as a 19-year-old out of an Orlando high school. Richardson and Hunter argued that other sports don't have age restrictions. "If Michelle Wie can start playing golf with pros while she's still in high school, why can't a kid who is ready for the NBA be drafted?" Hunter said before the Suns-Hornets game Tuesday night at American West Arena. Wie continues to play as an amateur, but Hunter said she already has begun working at her profession. "She's going to be making a lot of money real soon," he said. Richardson mentioned baseball, in which teams always have drafted prospects straight out of high school. "Why are we talking about an age limit when those other sports don't?" he said. </div> Source I know the Arizona Cardinals stink, but the NFL does have an age limit, so does the NHL.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post"> Source I know the Arizona Cardinals stink, but the NFL does have an age limit, so does the NHL.</div> The NFL and NHL age limits are understandable though. You're not gonna let an 18 or 19 year old kid straight out of high school go play in the NFL and NHL. That's suicide for the kid. Those are probably the two most physical sports out there. And quite frankly, a kid straight out of high school isn't going to be physically ready to play in either of them. Basketball is much different than those two. In basketball, you're not going to get pummeled every time down the court as you would in football and hockey. People are also more prepared to come in and play in the NBA straight out of high school because it is less physically demanding than the other two.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Moo2K4:</div><div class="quote_post">The NFL and NHL age limits are understandable though. You're not gonna let an 18 or 19 year old kid straight out of high school go play in the NFL and NHL. That's suicide for the kid. Those are probably the two most physical sports out there. And quite frankly, a kid straight out of high school isn't going to be physically ready to play in either of them. Basketball is much different than those two. In basketball, you're not going to get pummeled every time down the court as you would in football and hockey. People are also more prepared to come in and play in the NBA straight out of high school because it is less physically demanding than the other two.</div> All true, but that's beside the point. I found this quote laughable. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Why are we talking about an age limit when those other sports don't?" he said. </div> How can he make a statement like that when other sports DO have an age limit?
