St. John's Law Review Volume 84 Number 1 Volume 84, Winter 2010, Number 1 Article 6 Spendthrift Trust: An Alternative to the NBA Age Rule Susan McAleavey Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/lawreview This Note is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at St. John's Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in St. John's Law Review by an authorized editor of St. John's Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. NOTES SPENDTHRIFT TRUST: AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE NBA AGE RULE SUSAN MCALEAVEY INTRODUCTION Brandon Jennings, one of the top point guards in the draft class of 2008,1 had to put his dream of playing in the National Basketball Association ("NBA") aside this past year. The million dollar contract that Jennings had prayed would bring him and his family out of the impoverished and crime infested city of Compton, California 2 would have to wait at least one year because of the NBA Age Rule. Through this rule, which requires that a player be at least nineteen years of age and one year removed from when the player graduated or would have graduated from high school,3 the NBA has determined that this 6'1", 170-pound athlete,4 who clearly dominated high school basketball, lacked the maturity necessary to compete in the NBA.5 Try telling that to Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, or Tracy McGrady, four NBA superstars who, prior to the NBA Age Rule, made the jump into the NBA directly from t Articles Editor, St.