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Originally Posted by SilverUberXeno  College = Degree = Career = $$$
Basketball = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
If a kid who was good enough to play in the NBA decided he'd rather get his degree and makes FAAAAR less money, that'd be proof to me that THAT university offered a sh*tty education. Economics 101. Play in the NBA as soon as possible for 9 years, then enjoy your life doing whatever you want to do. |
absolutely but what percentage of NCAA kids make it to the NBA...there are only 2 rounds of NBA drafts and their are High SChool Kids and internationals there too.
the problem is that percentage of graduates is way lower than just taking the professional ball players out of the equation...
also PA makes a good point that they scholarship kids should be compared to the graduation rate of the institution...
ESPN's data is not concise enough to really get its point across however there is certainly an issue with sports scholarship graduation rates although this has apparently improved over the last ten years. (I think Barnes has been decent at graduating his kids)
again I think the main point of the thread is that ESPN does not have enough accurate data to go casting dispersions on certain schools