After 149 days the owners and players finally got to an agreement right on before for Christmas. Although it seems that everything got solved, it didn't. Although the owners and players hand shacked over the official deal there is still problems that need to be solved before the league can re-open. David Stern has marked December 9th as the official day for training camp and a free agency as well as collective bargain agreement. There are still questions to be answered, but the main question that the NBA is focusing on is the age limit that requires you to play basketball for the NBA. The age limit that required you to play was 19 years old before but the NBA would like to push the limit to 20 years old. An alternative for this issue is letting students draft into the NBA immediately after high school. There is a catch though; if they leave the NBA they must attend two years in college to re-join again. Another alternative is paying the student to stay in college longer or qualify the student for a free agent sooner. Obviously time is a factor for the association but re-stocking the league with young talent is appealing. For more information click here. (Kicker14)
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