This Sports Law Blog post discusses this interesting law review article that addresses the legal and economic implications of high school basketball players eschewing college basketball and going straight into professional basketball. As the Sports Law Blogger notes:

The most compelling statistic of the article, though, is that only 29 players have entered the NBA draft as high schoolers in the past 25 years. This tends to dispel the myth that the NBA is being overrun by players who have never experienced college. Of those 29, many have become “stars” or “superstars,” while less than half are deemed “busts” or have been relegated to “minor league” basketball. Is the problem as bad as critics make it out to be?

Interesting post and article. Too much time is spent attempting to prevent high school athletes from turning professional prematurely. In America, we retain the right to make bad decisions.