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College Basketball Freshman

by Thomas Welden
(Baltimore, MD)

I just watched one of the best championship NCAA games of all time. Kansas vs. Memphis. Too great schools. One great game. Overtime and Kansas takes home the trophy.

But, this comment is about the buzz on Freshman going Pro. How sad is that to think that a Freshman can leave a school after one year and enter the Pro's. Would General Electric or IBM hire kids at the age of 18 to be Vice Presidents? I know, VP's don't make what Rookies do in the NBA. So, perhaps we are talking CEO level right out of High School. Any takers?

That's what it amounts to. We take a child who is becoming and adult and hand him or her Millions. Then his "family" takes their cut and don't forget the Agent's 33 percent. Then the injury. Uh oh, no friends left?

When will Pro Sports put their foot down and stand up to the pressure and place a minimum age on Rookies! It's time. These kids need to be 21 or older to make the mental leap into the Pro Sports. Physically some can adjust, most struggle there as well.

I vote for a minimum age.

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Jun 10, 2008
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by: Jonathan, San Diego

This is now in an epidemic slide for the Universities. If I were the Dean of Admissions I woould think real hard about that 4 year free ride to a high school kid who is sporting gold jewelery unbefitting a child.

We all see it. Look at this kid from Ohio who told the world "he" chose USC (OJ Mayo). He also told the world he was only going there for one year.

He had all sorts of baggage around him that smelled of certain problems. The school knew it too. But they turned their cheek for one year of fame and fortune which they got. They also may have an NCAA investigation to add to their Football programs 2 year headache that won't go away from the Reggie Bush era.

I say, the fix is the Pro's. They need to have a plus 21 age bracket entry requirement. Im sure the powers to be will suit them like crazy but the benefit is there if we hold our ground. No 21 no Play Pro.....

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