School’s Out: A Legal Analysis of High Schoolers and the NBA Draft

by Harlan Schreiber

(The following was an analysis of high schoolers entering the NBA draft and examination of whether a rule could be imposed on this subject that would comport with Antitrust law and ethical/public policy considerations.  This study was written in early 2000 and much has changed in this field.  LeBron James popped up and foreign players have also complicated the analysis.  Nevertheless, neither of these issues alter the conclusions of this study in anyway.) 

Sitting and waiting for that important phone call is one of life’s unpleasant moments.  There is a sense of powerlessness.  Your fate is entirely dependent on the decisions of another.  Whether the call is for a job interview or for the result of a medical test, when waiting for the call, the silence of the phone is deafening.  The minutes feel like hours and the hours feel like days.  On the night of June 26, 1996, Taj (Red) McDavid sat by the phone waiting for just such a phone call.  Continue reading School’s Out: A Legal Analysis of High Schoolers and the NBA Draft…

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