Tony Mitchell's Newest Problem

[SUMG]

I'll be shocked if this kid gets into Mizzou. I think he'll be at a juco this fall.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/investigates/Pinkston-star-basketball-player--95826849.html

[MeanGreenTexan]

Wow. IF Mitchell falls through for Mizzou, do we want to go after a guy like this? The dude can't even make it to class in a structured HS setting. What on earth would prompt him to go to class in a University setting? RV would need to get some tutors to work overtime with this kid. We already have enough APR problems as it is...

[TheTastyGreek]

Wow. IF Mitchell falls through for Mizzou, do we want to go after a guy like this? The dude can't even make it to class in a structured HS setting. What on earth would prompt him to go to class in a University setting? RV would need to get some tutors to work overtime with this kid. We already have enough APR problems as it is...

I would take him in a heartbeat, the second he passed the NCAA clearinghouse.

[MeanGreenTexan]

I bet he would probably try the Brandon Jennings route if Mizzou falls through.

[UNTLifer]

Honestly, this is a sad story, and not because of what Tony Mitchell has done, but what has been done for him. Where are the adults in this whole story? His parents/guardians, the administrators at that "school" in Florida that can't even spell the word education correctly, the coaches and administrators within DISD that have just let this go, etc...?

Tony Mitchell is a kid. A kid with an obviously immense talent for playing basketball that has had his life handed to him on a silver platter. He is a teenager that has done what most teenagers would do in this situation, play ball and skip school, with absolutely no consequences for his actions.

He will be another in a long line of young athletes that had "adults" tell them how awesome they were and how they would make it in the pros only to have these adults turn their backs on them when they flunk out of school, get busted for drugs, get busted for taking money from a booster, suffer a career ending injury, etc...

This young man will be lucky to have a job in 5-10 years and will have nothing to fall back on. Sad,sad story.