Sports isn't rocket science. They are just gonna lose brain cells from injuries, drugs, and alcohol anyway so why waste time on an education their never going to remember or use. What's 2+2? Uh, 7! Close enough...catch. Here's your paycheck for 10 million dollars. Tough choice...10 million dollars yearly for a few months a year or spending over 10,000 hours in lectures and sleepless nights of studying so you can make $60,000 a year? Hmmmm....let me take a poll. D'uh!!!

If they have a marketable skill, they should be able to sell it whenever they want. They can go to college afterward, if they want to and/or need to. Who are we to say they have to do something that is not at all related to their skill set and career choice?

MLB has it right - if they decide to not go pro out of high school, they should be required to spend 3 years at the college they commit to.

Professional sports leagues should not list restrictions for how much COLLEGE a potential player should attend. It's absolutely ludicrous and feeds the unfair money-making beast of collegiate athletics that take advantage of young people looking to bet that 1 in 1,000 that can turn an athletic ability into a successful career. Never mind that some stars are injured in college, ending their dreams because of a compulsory requirement that is unrelated to success on the field.

roni24 wrote:Sports isn't rocket science. They are just gonna lose brain cells from injuries, drugs, and alcohol anyway so why waste time on an education their never going to remember or use. What's 2+2? Uh, 7! Close enough...catch. Here's your paycheck for 10 million dollars. Tough choice...10 million dollars yearly for a few months a year or spending over 10,000 hours in lectures and sleepless nights of studying so you can make $60,000 a year? Hmmmm....let me take a poll. D'uh!!!

You sound rather angry that some has taken their gifts and turned them into a profession for money. I have many friends that go to college on an athletic scholarship, but are there for the education. And not all athletes that go pro are dumb. Eli Manning has his MBA. (There are other examples) Just like leaving college early to make a lot of money doesn't mean you are going to lose brain cells, do drugs and more than athletes drink. Just ask wine.woot. People that left college early as well: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
There are bad apples in every profession, but not every profession has 20 cameras on you at all times.

roni24 wrote:Sports isn't rocket science. They are just gonna lose brain cells from injuries, drugs, and alcohol anyway so why waste time on an education their never going to remember or use. What's 2+2? Uh, 7! Close enough...catch. Here's your paycheck for 10 million dollars. Tough choice...10 million dollars yearly for a few months a year or spending over 10,000 hours in lectures and sleepless nights of studying so you can make $60,000 a year? Hmmmm....let me take a poll. D'uh!!!

If they aren't planning to use their education, then don't use up valuable scholarship money that could help someone become a rocket scientist!

I don't think it's a matter of education, I think that their bodies should have time to fully complete the growing process. No pro until 21 is what I say.

Ouijan wrote:If they have a marketable skill, they should be able to sell it whenever they want. They can go to college afterward, if they want to and/or need to. Who are we to say they have to do something that is not at all related to their skill set and career choice?

By that logic we should let them turn pro at 12. And there are kids that talented.