The NBA’s One-and-Done rule requires a player to be at least 19 years old and one year removed from high school before entering the NBA draft.

This rule, put in place in 2006 to stop players from going from high school straight to the pros, is seen as a roadblock for some high school seniors who feel they are ready for the NBA.

Many players are playing one year in college because they have to, not because they want to.

This is why I refer to the One-and-Done rule as the “Let-me-get-this-out-of-the-way” rule.

Several analysts and even NBA commissioner David Stern think that players should be at least two years removed from high school before coming to the NBA. I would have to agree.

Players could use the extra time to mature not only their game, but themselves, as well.

In 2009, Jrue Holiday entered the NBA after one year at UCLA and became the youngest active player in the league at age 19.

His grandmother lived with him during his rookie season to ensure that he kept his focus on basketball.

Many veteran athletes have trouble handling the fast life of being a millionaire athlete, so it has to be much worse for a 19-year-old kid.

Being a pro athlete opens up a whole new world of things that most teenagers probably haven’t been exposed to.

Holiday living with his grandmother during his rookie NBA season shows there’s a certain maturity level that he hadn’t quite reached in order to handle his new life in the NBA.

As far as maturity of the game, players will benefit from this rule.

Many NBA superstars have come out after their freshman year of college or right out of high school and had no issues adjusting to the NBA.

Players such as LeBron James, Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose are just a few of the players that had an NBA-ready game right out of high school or after one year of college. However, there have been many flops as well.

Take Byron Mullens for example. Yeah, I know most of you are thinking, “Who?” Mullens was a standout player in high school and was ranked as one of the top players in the nation in 2008.

He played one season at Ohio State and earned the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year award.

He left Ohio State after his freshman year and was drafted 24th overall in the 2009 NBA draft.

Since then, he’s had a few good games, but most of his pro career has been non-existent.

He’s only played in 80 games in the last three years and has spent some time in the D-League.

He just hasn’t lived up to all the hype. He could have used at least more year in college to further develop his game.

Another reason to add a year on to the rule would be to make the already exciting sport of NCAA Basketball even more exciting.

Every year, super talented freshmen come in, and you can’t wait to watch them play, especially if they play for your favorite school. Then, after one year, they pack up and head to the pros to play for one of the NBA’s bottom-of-the-barrel teams that you probably don’t care to watch.

I bet fans of the University of Kentucky, aka the “One-and-Done Factory,” would love to see a year added onto the rule.

It must hurt to get an awesome group of freshmen in every season and have them leave after one year. Most fans obviously want their favorite players to stick around longer.

Some might not think that one extra year would make a big difference, but that extra time could make a huge impact on an athlete’s future.

Will the One-and-Done rule be changed to the “Two-and-Through” rule? Only time will tell.