Also, the NCAA states that their college athletes should be putting academics first and their athletics second. This might not truly be the case, but this is what the NCAA wants to impression onto their college athletes. Although, the NCAA states this message, it most certainly is not the case for many of their college athletes. In a recent study, it was found that between the years of 2006 and 2016, 114 college basketball players left their college after one year to pursue a career in the NBA and became drafted (Hero Sports). This statistic is simply including college basketball players that left their college to pursue the NBA and were drafted. There are other college basketball players that leave their college to pursue the NBA and do not get drafted. This just simply shows that several college athletes will attend college for only one year to get more exposure to professional scouts, so they can become drafted by a professional team. The whole purpose of this is so that these athletes can start
Also, the NCAA states that their college athletes should be putting academics first and their athletics second. This might not truly be the case, but this is what the NCAA wants to impression onto their college athletes. Although, the NCAA states this message, it most certainly is not the case for many of their college athletes. In a recent study, it was found that between the years of 2006 and 2016, 114 college basketball players left their college after one year to pursue a career in the NBA and became drafted (Hero Sports). This statistic is simply including college basketball players that left their college to pursue the NBA and were drafted. There are other college basketball players that leave their college to pursue the NBA and do not get drafted. This just simply shows that several college athletes will attend college for only one year to get more exposure to professional scouts, so they can become drafted by a professional team. The whole purpose of this is so that these athletes can start