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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by butterfi on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:11PM (#21118663)
The average cost of 1 year of University is approx. 35k a year for private colleges according to collegedata.com. The average salary of 1 first year NBA player is 3 million. The lowest paid NBA player makes approx 500k. That doesn't sound like a "free" education to me. Players would be better off going straight to the NBA and going to college later, if they were still inclined.
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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by FireBeyond on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:29PM (#21119377)
The NBA tries to educate college players or prospects to focus on their education as much as possible. I think the numbers are that even if you're a Div 1 college player, you only have a 6% chance of being drafted to the NBA.
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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by 8note on Monday September 30, 2019 @05:37PM (#21119891)
yeah, so why wouldn't you try joining the NBA first, then go to college to actually study when you don't get in?
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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by dillonmckay on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:19PM (#21118744)
Or forgoing college and play professionally in another country.
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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by pitt1980 on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:04PM (#21119187)
a tiny tiny sliver of college athletes will play professionally,

a good way to think about it, is that college athletics is sort of communist society in action where the future professionals athletes subsidize benefits for the athletes that won't be future professionals.

Relative to most minor league athletes or aspiring Olympians,

35K isn't a bad salary.

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