By Noah Goodman ( December 19, 2017, 4:52 PM EST) -- In December 2016, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) extended their collective bargaining agreement for seven years. Reaching an agreement was a sure thing: With television contracts, fan interest and franchise valuations at an all-time high, the NBA is in an era of unprecedented prosperity. The parties did, however, decide to table one polarizing issue — whether players should continue to be required to attend college for a year before entering the NBA draft (the "one-and-done" rule). The one-and-done rule, which was the subject of bargaining in 2005 and implemented for the 2006 NBA draft, prohibits high school players from entering the NBA. For the last year, the NBA and NBPA have been researching the one-and-done rule in order to improve both professional and collegiate basketball....