High School to NBA . . . via overseas? That's one scenario for Brandon Jennings, a top incoming freshman at the University of Arizona.
Instead of abiding by the NBA's 'One Year Removed from High School' rule and being forced into college ball, this prep star is thinking why not get paid for a year and then see what the NBA has to offer. And Xpinionated says 'Go for it'.
In a country where the majority of citizens never attend college, I find it preposterous that so many folks use their own selfish reasons to insist that prep basketball players attend college for at least a year before getting entering the NBA. These people fear a decline in the level of college basketball while at the same time touting the importance of getting a college education. Give me a break, most college basketball fans didn't attend the college for which they cheer and they definitely did not throw their support to the college because of it's Entomology department.
In a country where we will give an 18 year old an assault rifle and send them to the other side of the world to fight a war for a reason they barely understand, I find it preposterous to suggest an 18-year-old does not have the right to forgo college if he so desires.
If it were anything other than a pro sport (in my mind, even if it were pro baseball or hockey), folks would have no problem with an 18 year old forgoing college to make his way in the world legitimately. College is not for everybody. And though studies show those who attend college make more money, there are exceptions -- and one of those exceptions is the sporting world.
If a kid has god-given talents and gifts that can be used to secure his place in this world as well as his family's place, why should we force him to provide those talents to an institution for an education that he doesn't necessarily value?
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