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Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
That being said, it would be great if EVERYBODY went to college, but that isn't the issue. People are making it seem like if an athlete skips college and goes to the pros that they are UNABLE TO return to college if it doesn't pan out. People always say "what if they have a career ending injury?" as if now they have to go work at McDonald's. My point is that if college is AVAILABLE to them before a football career, it will still be available to them AFTER the the football career. It may not work the other way around. A football career may not be available to them after college, so take it while it is being offered.
Additionally, some argue "all athlete's don't make millions". While that is true, if they are being offered contracts right out of high school (like Kobe and LeBron) they aren't doing too shabby. So, for the small population that we are referring to, the above statement generally does not apply.
LB 1914- we are actually in agreement on most of this. I think we are arguing different issues.
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SKEEphistAKAte-
That is true because we are on the same page on most of these issues. I also believe that college will still be there, but of course that person would have to want to go. Actually, that shouldn't even have a bearing on whether or not an athlete declares for the draft because a person would be foolish to pass up a chance to play pro ball. The main issue I have with this is the conspiracy theorists(you are not one of them of course, but I know you have ran into a few as well).
One fool once said that he felt that the reason why a lot of people were against the NBA drafting high schoolers was because "it is making too many young Black millionaires". That was one of the goofiest statements that I have heard concerning this phenomenon. Personally, as a Black man my only issue with some early entrants is that some really aren't ready and as far as the NBA is concerned the overall talent level has gone down in my opinion. However, as I said before a person would be foolish to pass up the chance to play pro ball, so I guess we really can't blame these athletes. If someone came by my house and told me that I could make x amount of dollars for the next few years to do something that I love then I would jump at the chance also. This is pretty much how it is going to be unless the NBA enforces an age limit or the NFL is able to stick with the one that they already had in place. I personally don't mind someone leaving for the pros after a year or two of college ball, but outside of a couple of current stars there really shouldn't be anyone skipping college ball altogether. People tend to forget that players like LeBron James and Kevin Garnett are exceptions and not the rule. Does anyone here remember Leon Smith or Korleone Young?
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