chs_redskins
Posts: 394
Apr 8, 2010 5:49pm
what are the rules for college players to enter the draft? Do you have to be a senior? Or what? Cause I was wondering why players like Maya Moore and Brittney Griner were not up there.
Hb31187
Posts: 8,534
Apr 8, 2010 5:56pm
Probably because they know they wont make much money int he WNBA so they finish their degrees. Unlike the players who have a chance to go to the NBA and be millionaires right away
Lovejoy1984
Posts: 5,277
Apr 8, 2010 5:59pm
^^^^
This.
They most always stay for their degrees. Because they don't make a lot of money like NBA rookies do.
This.
They most always stay for their degrees. Because they don't make a lot of money like NBA rookies do.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Apr 8, 2010 6:12pm
Pretty sure Candace Parker left early.
Lovejoy1984
Posts: 5,277
Apr 8, 2010 6:15pm
She did. And there are a few exceptions.
She had marketing deals and endorsments waiting on her, for the most part these players do not.
She had marketing deals and endorsments waiting on her, for the most part these players do not.
M
mallymal614
Posts: 3,746
Apr 8, 2010 6:38pm
Speaking to a friend of mine, former buckeye Jessica Davenport, she told me that women basketball players must be 4 years removed from high school before entering the WNBA draft. Which is why players play all four years in college. However, they can leave and go overseas at any time.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Apr 8, 2010 6:41pm
Yeah, which is why Parker could go. She redshirted her frosh year.
M
mallymal614
Posts: 3,746
Apr 8, 2010 6:42pm
You beat me to it. I was just about to post about Parker medical red-shirting her freshman season.wildcats20 wrote: Yeah, which is why Parker could go. She redshirted her frosh year.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Apr 9, 2010 8:51am
Parker left, and some girl from Rutgers got drafted yesterday, but she left Rutgers to go play overseas in Turkey. Those are the only 2 I can think of who left college early
thedynasty1998
Posts: 6,844
Apr 9, 2010 11:51am
Female basketball players actually make more money overseas than they do in the WNBA, from my understanding.