The NBA’s One-and-Done rule is one of the most hated rules in all of sports.

And, frankly, it should be.

Implemented as part of the NBA’s new CBA in 2005, the One-and-Done rule — a rule that requires a basketball player to have been out of high school for at least a year before going to the NBA — is one of the worst rules in all of sports. There aren’t any benefits to it whatsoever.

Supporters of the rule claim that the rule forces players to participate in college basketball, giving them playing time they wouldn’t see in the NBA. It also supposedly gives them time to mature both mentally and physically, while also receiving an education.

None of those points makes sense, though.

If a player needs playing time, the NBA has something called the D-League where a team can send him for more playing time. This allows him to develop and get paid at the same time.

As for education, if a player leaves college after one year he clearly does not care about education. In fact, for some, academic pursuits can drain a player’s time for basketball in college.

Josh Selby, an ultra-talented high school player and the top recruit in the nation for 2010, would have likely been a top ten pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, but was forced to go to college because of the One-and-Done rule. After being suspended nine games for taking improper benefits, Selby tanked his freshman year and became a second round pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.

In addition, the rule even deterred the 2008 #1 recruit, Brandon Jennings, from playing in college. Instead, he went to Italy to play professionally before being selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2009 draft.

But the One-and-Done rule hasn’t only hurt the non-draft eligible players, it has also hurt other NCAA players too.

Andre Drummond, a dominant physical specimen who probably would have been the #1 pick in a weak 2011 draft class, decided to attend UConn over going to a fifth year of prep school. Seems pretty harmless, right?

Well, it wasn’t. The only reason Drummond was able to attend UConn was because another UConn player “volunteered” to give up his scholarship for the 6’10”, 270 pound freshman.

The One-and-Done rule needs to be removed as soon as possible. Not only does the rule hurt the players who would leave for the draft, it can hurt other players and teams as well.