The expression “one and done” first arrived on the college basketball scene in the mid-2000s when the National Basketball Association (NBA) began prohibiting high school seniors from entering the NBA draft right after graduation.
Since the league required new athletes to be 19 years of age or play one year of college or international basketball before turning pro, most student athletes opted to play a single year of college ball before entering the draft.
As Adam Silver, the NBA Commissioner recently said, the “one and done” era may be coming to a close because the current system is unsustainable. The attempt to protect professional basketball from unprepared players has led to an influx of illegal, corporate dollars flowing into college sports and other negative repercussions.
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