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Does Education Matter When It Comes to Basketball Players?

Is Education Important for Basketball Players?

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addictionary said:
their minds work effective and fast like snake poison.
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This is exactly how my mind works!
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Gameface said:
You've clearly never applied for a job at McDonald's or in a mine. The answer is that yes, you do need a HS diploma to even be considered for a job flipping burgers and absolutely for a job in the mining industry.
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You probably haven't been to a McD's in CA: speaking English isn't even required.
There is zero reason to REQUIRE players to attend college in order to play in the NBA (outside of revenue for the NCAA and universities). Does college help most players? Yes. But ADULTS who are ready to enter the job field should be allowed to do so. T-Mac, Kemp, A. Stoudemire, J. O'Neal, Kobe, KG, Moses Malone, D. Howard, and oh yeah, a guy named LeBron: all players who jumped from HS to the NBA.

What is the primary purpose of going to college (I mean besides the frat parties, beer, drugs and sex)? Isn't it to improve one's job prospects? Minimum salary in the NBA, IINM, is $500K+. But actually, the last player picked in the 1st round gets about $1M/per. So a player picked in the 1st round is GUARANTEED at least $3M in career earnings. How many of us on this board will make that much money in our entiree career? A handful? I know I won't. I benefited from college in other ways, but I would have jumped at a GUARANTEE to legally make $3M in 3 years by forgoing college. And if some committee had jumped in and forced me to go to college instead of being able to sign with an employer, you can bet I'd be taking legal action. The NCAA uses college athletes to make money; the universities use college athletes to line their pockets. And the NBA and sponsors are complicit. College basketball is about March Madness and billions of dollars. It is NOT about "the kids."
 
I would say no. Education obviously doesn't matter for NBA basketball players. How many players in the league never went to college or never obtained a college degree? My guess would be more than half the players in the league. Look at the Jazz roster, I don't know for sure, but I'd say maybe 2 or 3 on our roster have college degrees...
 
dong2ha said:
knowledge and personality are two different things. cousins went to 1 year of college, and he acts like a child. exum is 19, but he acts more mature. Education teaches you knowledge not good personality.
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Also Dante has spent the last 4 years going to a HS that basically specializes in sports, not actual education. He might actually be dumb as a brick when it comes to basic education.
 
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