International players can enter the draft at 19? while Americans have to be 22
For the WNBA & NCAA WBB, considering the phase they are still in.....I think it makes sense to keep that rule.
Young stars can build up fans & hype that will carry over to WNBA viewership...while still getting NIL money.
And for most WNBA isn't that much more, if at all, than WNBA contracts.
And for the NCAA if you let the young stars leave eariler, gonn have a way worse on the court product and kill the hype around WBB.