Did Zion Williamson finally kill the OAD rule?

Saw this reported several places this week. Article

Apparently the NBA has just submitted a rule change that would lower the minimum age requirement to 18 from 19, effectively killing the OAD rule.

Assuming this passes we might assume....
>Zion wouldn't be at Duke this year and he'd be making money.
>Grimes would have been drafted and would be a highly overpaid guy struggling in the D League.

...among other things.

It will be interested to see how many kids try to get drafted out of HS and how many "dip their toe" without an agent and wind up in college. It'll also be interesting to see how many hire an agent and flop, but spoil their NCAA eligibility in the process.

I don't think that this necessarily fixes the problem, but I do think it's a step in the right direction. If it happens, at some level, we can thank Nike for it's shoddy quality control.

Another article on what this all might mean, both good and bad. Pros and cons

One thing I like: As with Hockey and Baseball, a kid can get drafted, opt to go to school instead, fire his agent, and then the team holds the rights to the kid for 4 years.

So take Grimes: say he goes to the draft after HS and he gets picked in the lottery. Then it becomes apparent that he's not ready. Team tells him to go to college (or the D-League). He goes to KU, plays 2 or 3 seasons to get better and the team that drafted him still gets him when he leaves school.