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<blockquote data-quote="TheFameProtector" data-source="post: 1522958" data-attributes="member: 517079"><p>Totally agree with BMore, not to mention that a lot of players have career desires that are all-in on basketball, whether that's playing, coaching, managing, working as/for an agent, broadcasting, etc. Making it to the big leagues helps even if you're the 15th man. You still make tons of connections and gain invaluable experience. There is a limited window in which most players can capitalize on their talents and turn that into beneficial real-life experiences with high-level professional basketball. We would be better off thinking of professional basketball as both a short-term money-making opportunity AND as a trade school that can help one prepare for the next step in their career.</p><p></p><p>If a college education were truly the primary driver for choosing a place to play college ball, then Harvard and Yale would be fielding a whole helluva lot better teams than they do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheFameProtector, post: 1522958, member: 517079"] Totally agree with BMore, not to mention that a lot of players have career desires that are all-in on basketball, whether that's playing, coaching, managing, working as/for an agent, broadcasting, etc. Making it to the big leagues helps even if you're the 15th man. You still make tons of connections and gain invaluable experience. There is a limited window in which most players can capitalize on their talents and turn that into beneficial real-life experiences with high-level professional basketball. We would be better off thinking of professional basketball as both a short-term money-making opportunity AND as a trade school that can help one prepare for the next step in their career. If a college education were truly the primary driver for choosing a place to play college ball, then Harvard and Yale would be fielding a whole helluva lot better teams than they do. [/QUOTE]
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