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<blockquote data-quote="YankeeIllini" data-source="post: 1405072" data-attributes="member: 639964"><p>Banana, I'd still prefer the baseball/hockey model where the athlete can choose a career path of sports, albeit through the minor leagues, or if they are good enough, jump right to the bogs. The other alternative wold be college athletics with all the limitations that imposes, with the understanding the primary goal is an education, not preps for the big leagues.</p><p></p><p>The probability of a male high school athlete going on to participate in Division 1 basketball in the US today is 1%, and 2.7% for football (<a href="http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/estimated-probability-competing-college-athletics" target="_blank">http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/estimated-probability-competing-college-athletics</a>). Just 1.2% and 1.6% respectively of those go on to the professional ranks in basketball and football. In all major men's sports having a significant professional opportunity, just 3.2% go on the professional sports at any level. I see the larger problem being the NBA and the NBAPA. They don't want the responsibility of setting up a minor league system like baseball and hockey have done, successfully I might add. But that's just me - and I shudder when I think about all the calls to pay the players . . . . that's what the pros do. College athletics (at least in my very old-school mind) should be about playing sports while pursuing an education, with the education being the primary goal - period.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YankeeIllini, post: 1405072, member: 639964"] Banana, I'd still prefer the baseball/hockey model where the athlete can choose a career path of sports, albeit through the minor leagues, or if they are good enough, jump right to the bogs. The other alternative wold be college athletics with all the limitations that imposes, with the understanding the primary goal is an education, not preps for the big leagues. The probability of a male high school athlete going on to participate in Division 1 basketball in the US today is 1%, and 2.7% for football ([URL]http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/estimated-probability-competing-college-athletics[/URL]). Just 1.2% and 1.6% respectively of those go on to the professional ranks in basketball and football. In all major men's sports having a significant professional opportunity, just 3.2% go on the professional sports at any level. I see the larger problem being the NBA and the NBAPA. They don't want the responsibility of setting up a minor league system like baseball and hockey have done, successfully I might add. But that's just me - and I shudder when I think about all the calls to pay the players . . . . that's what the pros do. College athletics (at least in my very old-school mind) should be about playing sports while pursuing an education, with the education being the primary goal - period. [/QUOTE]
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