The thrill of the new freshman of the Duke basketball team thrills me, and I cannot wait to see them next year, but the thing is - I may not see them next year. So many fundamental basketball players leave college after the first year of the collegiate level just so they can go to the National Basketball Association (NBA). Although some people may need the money, academics and education are more important than sports. What if basketball doesn’t work out? What will happen, and how will one year of college look on your resume? In the end, is it really worth the risk of messing up your whole career? Sports should not be put in front of academics. Therefore, I adamantly believe that we need to stop these players from going to the NBA after just
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After very few games of the regular season, you get a season ending injury. Your basketball career is over. What do you resort to if you do not have a lot of education from college? An example of this is stated in “Jabari Parker's Second ACL Tear Shakes Young Bucks To The Core” “... his career could be over for the rest of his professional career.” This quote is showing the disadvantages of going to the NBA after one year are endless because if he would’ve stayed for three more years, he would be able to get a good job so he can continue to make money and be successful, but he did not do that. It is sad and depressing to look at because he was a great player, but he did not take his time on developing and thinking about his future for him, and his family as well. I get a pit in my stomach every time the topic of Jabari Parker’s second ACL tear pops up. Parker now has nothing to fall back on because as it states in “Nearly 64 percent of jobs don’t require college education, but wait - there’s more” by Ben Parker, “On average, Pew finds, college grads earn $17,500 more than high school grads and “The pay gap was significantly smaller in previous generations.” This quote is showing that if you don’t have college education, then you will be making a significantly lower amount of money compared to college grads. This young kid, may still have time to develop but not after two torn ACL’s within a span …show more content…
The difference of making money with a degree compared to the pay without a degree is a drastic difference. As it states in “College Graduates Earn 84% more than high school grads, study says” by Tiffany Hsu, “On average, a doctoral degree-holder will earn $3.3 million over a lifetime, compared to $2.3 million for a college graduate and $1.3 million for those with a high school diploma.” What this quote is saying is that just graduating college will make you over a million more dollars in your lifetime, and who doesn’t want more money? All it takes is going to college for four years, and not every college athlete is doing that, and that is a huge risk for their future lives. In 2006, a one and done player out of Memphis college got drafted 17th pick in the NBA draft with the name of Shawne Williams. Williams ended up starting only seventeen times in his whole NBA career (10 years) while other first round picks have started as many as 700 games within a span of only nine years. This is only showing that being a one and done player can ruin your life in a blink of an eye, and what do you think Shawne Williams is doing right now? He is most likely sitting home trying to find a job that will support him for his future, since he does not have a degree, it will be very tough to find a
After very few games of the regular season, you get a season ending injury. Your basketball career is over. What do you resort to if you do not have a lot of education from college? An example of this is stated in “Jabari Parker's Second ACL Tear Shakes Young Bucks To The Core” “... his career could be over for the rest of his professional career.” This quote is showing the disadvantages of going to the NBA after one year are endless because if he would’ve stayed for three more years, he would be able to get a good job so he can continue to make money and be successful, but he did not do that. It is sad and depressing to look at because he was a great player, but he did not take his time on developing and thinking about his future for him, and his family as well. I get a pit in my stomach every time the topic of Jabari Parker’s second ACL tear pops up. Parker now has nothing to fall back on because as it states in “Nearly 64 percent of jobs don’t require college education, but wait - there’s more” by Ben Parker, “On average, Pew finds, college grads earn $17,500 more than high school grads and “The pay gap was significantly smaller in previous generations.” This quote is showing that if you don’t have college education, then you will be making a significantly lower amount of money compared to college grads. This young kid, may still have time to develop but not after two torn ACL’s within a span …show more content…
The difference of making money with a degree compared to the pay without a degree is a drastic difference. As it states in “College Graduates Earn 84% more than high school grads, study says” by Tiffany Hsu, “On average, a doctoral degree-holder will earn $3.3 million over a lifetime, compared to $2.3 million for a college graduate and $1.3 million for those with a high school diploma.” What this quote is saying is that just graduating college will make you over a million more dollars in your lifetime, and who doesn’t want more money? All it takes is going to college for four years, and not every college athlete is doing that, and that is a huge risk for their future lives. In 2006, a one and done player out of Memphis college got drafted 17th pick in the NBA draft with the name of Shawne Williams. Williams ended up starting only seventeen times in his whole NBA career (10 years) while other first round picks have started as many as 700 games within a span of only nine years. This is only showing that being a one and done player can ruin your life in a blink of an eye, and what do you think Shawne Williams is doing right now? He is most likely sitting home trying to find a job that will support him for his future, since he does not have a degree, it will be very tough to find a