Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V5 #314

[Shawn Roth <ufpdev!shawnr@uunet.uu.net>]

Jim,

  I'd have to agree.  Why are we taking pot shots at kids trying to make a
  living?  Do people complain when a baseball player is drafted out of high
  school, a tennis player is making millions at 16, or a high school hockey
  player goes pro?  I think not....  Everyone has the right to make a living 
  doing whatever it is they can get a job doing.  If someone wants to skip
  college and make 10.00/hour being a janitor, do we complain?  I think this is
  mostly people just wishing they could make millions playing a game.  

  Everyone, please be happy that a young person can leave poverty and hopefuly
  provide for himself and his family for the rest of his life.  If he fails in
  the endevor (basketball in this case), then maybe he can play oversees or in
  the CBA. Maybe someday the NCAA will give a second chance to those that fail
  in the pros and had never played college ball, (this is doubtful and probably
  not a good idea anyway).

  Well, let me step down from my pedestal before someone kicks me off.

Shawn


Originally from Jim Meninno:
> 
> Are "these kids doing it for the money", of course they are.  Would you 
> do something that kept you on the road for 7-9 months of the year for 
> nothing?  Would you expect to be paid well for a career that will only 
> last into your 30s?  They could choose another career and play the game 
> recreationally, but that's not going to happen when you are good enough 
> to make millions playing.
> 
> I'm not trying to argue for higher player salaries.  God knows they make 
> more than enough now.  But to suggest that they should be playing 
> college ball for free just to prove their "love of the game" is absurd.  
> I happen to think that the last place an aspiring basketball player, 
> with no academic interest belongs is in college.
> 
> And as long as we're taking pot shots at people's literacy, what the 
> hell is this last sentence supposed to mean?  Really, is all this "These 
> kids are so stupid" talk necessary.  If I had grown up in poverty and 
> was presented with the opportunity to skip college and cash in 
> immediately, I know what I would do.  You might call it a no brainer.
> 
> Jim
> 
> Quote from one of our list's Professors of English:
> >
> >You hit the nail on the head. The KEY word is DOPES. My guess is that
> >Harrington, who only graduated High School and with the way these Kids
> >are taught today, he may not be able to read.
> >
> 
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