The monetary value of basketball is wholly dependent upon basketball PLAYERS- the NBA, Adam Silver, the NCAA bureaucracy, do not exist without players- so I am a firm believer that rules and regulations should always be oriented to reflect what is in the players best interests. High school athletes that have a realistic opportunity to jump straight to the NBA should absolutely be given that opportunity without being hamstringed by NCAA/NBA bureaucracy if it is in their's and their family's best interests to do so- because who's interests does it really serve to ostracize a 17/18 year old from a college experience for exploring their opportunity to move directly to the NBA? (not the 17/18 year old's).
What disappoints me about the article is that Feinstein then immediately backs down and takes the MLB approach- again, why are we hamstringing athletes that if they have the talent- should have every right to choose of their own volition to be employed by the NBA- whether that be 1, 2, or 3 years after they graduate from high school? Owners should have the ability to evaluate them and select them, and the kids shouldn't be denied those opportunities based on voodoo rules the NCAA/NBA invent based on self interests. Just my 2 cents