NBA Age Eligibility Rule
The NBA’s minimum age rule was the target of criticism earlier this week by Arne Duncan, the US Secretary of Education. His pointed comments can be found here. A follow-up op-ed on Huffington Post was penned by Arn Tellem. Tellem’s op-ed can be found here. Both columns are interesting reads and have garnered a fair amount of press coverage. Tellem’s op-ed includes the following sentence:
“In the predominantly white games of golf, tennis or soccer, no such [minimum] age rule has been proposed.”
I am at a loss to explain the foregoing sentence, as the WTA Tour (women’s professional tennis), LPGA Tour (women’s professional golf), and the ATP World Tour (men’s professional tennis) all have age eligibility rules. The PGA Tour (men’s professional tennis) may have a similar rule as well…I will have to check.