Player Skipping H.s. Senior Year

Censored by Laurie · April 23, 2009

greenminer · April 23, 2009

I had a conversation with a coworker about this yesterday. This scenario seems best for all involved.

Many kids have already decided to use their God-given ability for the NBA, and know they will opt out of school early.

Why bother teasing fans and hitting our APR scores when they can just hang/work out in the Euros until they are eligible for the draft?

The college experience was nothing but win-win for most of us, but if you're not there for the education than why bother?

The kid gets his dream, the schools avoid an APR hit, and the Euros get a quality athlete for a couple years.

KRAM1 · April 23, 2009

So, HS is such a challenge these days that you can spend an "hour or two on line" and graduate??? Other than that, I have no problem with this kid heading off to Europe to pursue his dream of playing pro BB. Who cares...as long as he graduates from HS. If the kid gets hurt and/or is a bust he needs to have a path back to college or the working world that will not land him on the unemployment rolls. Sounds like an injury might be the only thing keeping this kid from a big-time pro career, but one never knows. No problem, go for it. Good that it won't hurt some college's APR too.

Good luck, kid...hope you make it!