ESPN’s Henry Abbott has a great interview with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who is a critic of the NBA’s eligibility restriction, which requires that a player be 19 years old plus one year removed from high school in order to be eligible for the NBA Draft (the rule was negotiated in 2005; previously, players could join the NBA right after finishing high school). The NBA and the Players’ Association will be negotiating a new CBA in the near future and the age limit will likely be a source of tension between the two bargaining units.

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