Were Gates and Zuckerberg pursung a degree and earnestly applying themselves for academic studies? I doubt they were just biding time oblivious to the educational challenge. If they determined they had skills that college wouldn't enhance fine, but they had to discover that. Hoops players already know their skills. In short, your analogy fails.
they don't care about the 1 n Dones but when a school has a emrollment 25,000 to 40,000 they could care less about a Player that is taking the place of some one that actually wants to be there. then its a problem.
Pretty sure most people on scholarship apply themselves, and if they don't, shame on them. Whatever players might learn about basketball is independent of the school's educational mission.
Indeed, sitting out a year to academically prepare yourself is so much like getting stoned.
The revenue would still come in if those players sat out a year or weren't in school.
Your zest to delink any educational component to an athletic scholarship is really amusing. In your world, I've now gone from an idealist to one indulging in illogical fantasies. Sorry, education should not be regarded as an obstacle, barrier, or encumbrance, as you seem to think. That a school might have some bizarre curriculum options is a matter for its departments to address. However, that doesn't justify the establishment of basketball as a legitimate major. That really wasn't the condition under which the recruit received his scholarship. As has been pointed out, there are career options for fast-tracking this highly lucrative professional basketball field you rhapsodize over. Also, countless baseball players and tennis players have reaped riches without the benefit of sham scholarships. That's a much better parallel than outliers like Gates and Zuckerberg. The geniuses who succeeded despite dropping out of school are no doubt exponentially dwarfed by the crackpot would be entrepreneurs who thought they were geniuses and failed miserably.
Kentucky is not this god like college. every college has their own field that has a impact on the world and its not just athletic related either, for instance
Perhaps not overtly, but many are downplaying the focus on actually getting an education and seem to think the one-and-dones is a viable practice.
I'll agree with the right to go immediately to the NBA part. IMO, the NBA is engaging in restraint of trade by foreclosing that option. Disagree with that idea that most OAD's are getting an education. The idea of leaving after one year doesn't mesh with taking your coursework "seriously." I don't blame the kids, but at the same time they shouldn't be hogging a scholarship from a guy who would take his academic challenge seriously..
Sure they are taking it away. The guy receiving a scholarship now is almost planned to be going off the next year. It's not too hard to imagine another candidate who would be more likely to stay in school. Not sure exactly what you're saying, but in terms of course work a student/athlete (using the ideal image of that term rather than a liability dodging definition it actually means) is not someone who focuses on his school work for a couple of semesters and than scraps it before he'd even be expected to declare his major.
The fundamental draw is the teams playing rather than the individuals on a roster. There will always be a college basketball top 25 and clashes between the higher ranked teams will command interest. Stars will be heralded based on how they perform against the competition.
