2010 WNBA Draft: Who is Eligible?

The following comes from the WNBA 2008 Collective Bargaining Agreement. For further information, consult your local lawyer.

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY AND WNBA DRAFT

Section 1. Player Eligibility

(a) Only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA.
(b) A player is eligible to be selected in the WNBA Draft if she:

-(i) will be at least twenty-two (22) years old during the calendar year in which such Draft is held and she either has no remaining intercollegiate eligibility or renounces her remaining intercollegiate eligibility by written notice to the WNBA at least ten (10) days prior to such Draft;
-(ii) has graduated from a four-year college or university prior to such Draft, or "is to graduate" from such college or university within the three (3)-month period following such Draft and she either has no remaining intercollegiate eligibility or renounces her remaining intercollegiate eligibility by written notice to the WNBA at least ten (10) days prior to such Draft, or
-(iii) attended a four-year college or university, her original class in such college or university "is to graduate" within the three (3)-month period following such Draft and she either has no remaining intercollegiate eligibility or renounces her remaining intercollegiate eligibility by written notice to the WNBA at least ten (10) days prior to such Draft.

(For purposes of subsection (b)(ii) above, "is to graduate" shall mean that such player would graduate from the college or university she is currently enrolled in if she were to successfully complete the coursework she is enrolled in at the time of such Draft and such course load is commensurate with the previous course loads she has successfully completed. )

(For purposes of subsection (b)(iii) above, "is to graduate" shall mean that the majority of students in such class would graduate from the college or university upon successful completion of the coursework she is enrolled the members of such class are enrolled in at the time of the draft.)

(c) A player who:

-(i) is competing in a NCAA season (including any NCAA Tournament) during the period that begins ten (10) days prior to a Draft;
-(ii) has remaining intercollegiate eligibility beyond the season in which she is currently competing, and
-(iii) is otherwise eligible for selection in such Draft, may make herself eligible for such Draft by renouncing her remaining intercollegiate eligibility within the period beginning at the conclusion of her final NCAA game in the season in which she is currently competing and ending twenty-four hours thereafter (but in no event later than (3) hours prior to the Draft.)

(d) Notwithstandin section 1(b) above, an international player is eligible to be selected in the WNBA Draft if she will be at least 20 years old during the calendar year in which such Draft is held.

(e) For purposes of this Section 1, an "international player" means any person born and residing outside the United States who participates in the game of basketball as an amateur or a professional. An international player who exercises intercollegiate basketball eligibility in the United States shall be subject to the eligibility rules set forth in Section 1 (b)(iii) above.

(f) No player may sign a Contract or play in the WNBA unless she has been eligible for selection in at least one (1) WNBA Draft.

(g) No player shall be eligible for selection in more than two (2) WNBA Drafts.