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To: Bill who wrote (100789)	4/9/2005 12:24:32 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Easy: According to NCAA figures, only one out of four players graduated from sixteen of the sixty-five teams that played in the recent NCAA Basketball tournament. alternet.org Thinking of Turning Pro? (return to top) The odds of turning professional as an athlete from any level of the NCAA or NAIA are not encouraging. If you have your heart set on going to college with the intention of turning professional, consider the following statistics: Out of approximately one million high school varsity football players in the country, approximately 150 will make an NFL roster: 6,000 to 1 odds. Out of 500,000 high school basketball players, approximately 50 will make NBA rosters: 10,000 to 1 odds. For every 1,223 high school senior football players, 44 will become "major college" players. Just one will make an NFL roster. Fewer than 30 percent of all NBA players graduate from college. Less than one percent graduate after turning professional early. depauw.edu Fewer than 30 percent of all NBA players graduate from college. Less than one percent graduate after turning professional early. Baseball: Message 21213545 "But, to the point, what the shit? 42/750 means that 5.6% of MLB players have a College Degree. According to Census data from 2002, 27% of adults over age 25 have college degrees. Now, apparently about 23% of players are from Latin American countries, and hence it doesn’t make sense to match them to US Census data. Even if you take them out of the sample, that still only 7.6% of MLB players with degrees. As a counter-example, about half of Pro Football players have degrees. " "Fewer than 30 percent of all NBA players graduate from college... less than one- percent graduate after turning professional early. (Source: USA Today Spring, 1995)" wwwf.countryday.net wow I guess it just depends on how you define "amost all" Football does the best (with continuing ed- I wonder how good those educations are? But that's another topic...). but boy do baseball and basketball rates suck big time. Are there any chemists, physicists, biologists, math majors in any of the sports? I couldn't find a one in a hard science or math. Maybe you can find one, Bill. Now, how about showing us that link?