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To: Grainne who wrote (100655)	4/7/2005 7:36:07 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I think everyone should be required to finish college before they become a sports star. Really? So you are against free enterprise and individual pursuit of happiness? You're against the Patriot Act, but you want to restrict people's earning abilities? How very socialist of you. LOL.

To: Grainne who wrote (100655)	4/7/2005 10:43:17 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Michael Jackson has parallels in his career as far as the hard-driven parent, but I think it was much less supportive. I dunno. The articles I've read about MJ's home life make his current circumstances less inexplicable. When did he ever have the chance to just be a teen, developing normal relationship skills? Obviously, he didn't. Re: Tiger. I know what you mean about graduation, but the problem is that people have a limited "shelf life" and there are very few people in their late 20's who can START an athletic career. High Schools and colleges shouldn't be the recruiting grounds for money making machines, IMO, if the athletes are forced into "amateur" status. Very few of them will benefit and many will suffer career ending injuries because they haven't developed ossified bone. It is scandalous how much the NCAA schools draw from sports, but what does the "amateur" get? Well, if they play by the rules, almost nothing. If a kid accepts something under the counter, they are black listed and face loss of the scholarship. It's lose-lose. One in a hundred will ever earn a year's salary as a Pro. No matter what has been said here, I don't think any NBA high scorer went on to be a doctor or professor of a hard science. Shaquille O’Neil went back to school, to get his B.S. Getting a PhD in Physics takes most people 7 years, 3 of which are in post graduate work, followed typically by 1-2 years of low-paid post-doc work. Add it up! Graduate at 22, add 3 years, plus another 2, you're 27 years old. That's why you don't see most sports people doing graduate work, and certainly if it isn't their main focus, and generally not in a hard science. It isn’t elitist – it’s simply a limit to human ability - there are always tradeoffs...