Recent Posts
- Are You Ready for Spirit Week 2024?!?! BY ISABELLA CAROLOW
- Extra Schoolwork During Advisory??? Perspectives from Students and Teachers on SAT Prep BY SAMUEL HIERS
- Embracing Perspective: Finding Beauty in the Ordinary and Extraordinary BY SAMANTHA MIGNANELLI
- The Taylor Swift “Thing” BY KEELY SULLIVAN
- CHS Renovations BY HAZEL DUROSS
Recent Comments
- Maureen Couture on Quality Education Comes in Many Forms BY Justin Curran
- Gwen Schumacher on Quality Education Comes in Many Forms BY Justin Curran
- chakal on How to Prepare for Final Exams BY Mrs. Murgida (from CHS Guidance)
- MAJ P. on The Healthy Benefits of Music that is Surely “Pop” for the Soul! BY Samuel Hiers
- MAJ P. on Planning for a Life in the U.S. Military BY Matthew Capwell
Archives
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- June 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- May 2021
- March 2021
- May 2020
- February 2020
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- December 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- May 2017
- March 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- November 2015
- October 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- November 2014
- October 2014
DOES THE NBA FORCE PLAYERS TO CHOOSE $$$ OVER EDUCATION? By DJ Lopes
Even in cases of college athletes, many don’t care much for their education, rather looking forward to their future in sports. According to the official NCAA website, the absolute minimum GPA required to stay on the team is 1.8 (on a 4.0 scale). In the case of number one pick in the 2016 NBA draft, Ben Simmons, he outright stopped attending classes as the NCAA season started. He showed no real love to anybody at his college, LSU, and claimed to keep no friends at the college. In fact, the only reason he attended LSU was because his godfather was an assistant coach, who now no longer works for LSU, with Simmons in the NBA.
DOES THE NBA FORCE PLAYERS TO CHOOSE $$$ OVER EDUCATION?
By DJ Lopes
Ben Simmons
We see it every single year in sports, primarily in college basketball: There’s a new freshman phenom who’s lighting up the league! Last year, it was LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons, two years ago it was Ohio State freshman guard D’Angelo Russell. Most recently, Washington’s Markelle Fultz and UCLA’s Lonzo Ball have taken college basketball by storm. It rarely if ever seems like there’s a player in the NBA draft that gets a lot of buzz who was a four year student. This year, only one player in the top five picks was a college graduate, Providence College (Go Friars!) guard Kris Dunn.
The rest? Freshmen in college who left for the draft, or in the case of Croatian center Dragan Bender, players who came to the league after playing overseas. This issue of basketball players not finishing their degrees was even more prominent before 2006, when the “One and Done” rule was instituted. The rule stated that players had to at least be one year removed from their senior year of high school before declaring for the draft. Prior to this, players could declare for the draft straight out of high school. Now, there have been few greats to come out of high school, including Kevin Garnett, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Dwight Howard, to name a few. However, for every great to come out of high school and dominate, there are plenty people that leave early who fail to leave a positive mark, either becoming a bust or simply forgotten.
Kwame Brown, Eddy Curry and Darius Miles lead the list of high school NBA players who failed to make the grade. In extreme cases, the rush of being an early draft pick with no real college education and the money that comes with it can cause the players to spend too much. Unfortunately for Miles and other players of his situation, Miles filed for bankruptcy during the summer of last year, squandering his career earnings of $62 million, according to reports of documents obtained by News-Democrat.
Even in cases of college athletes, many don’t care much for their education, rather looking forward to their future in sports. According to the official NCAA website, the absolute minimum GPA required to stay on the team is 1.8 (on a 4.0 scale). In the case of number one pick in the 2016 NBA draft, Ben Simmons, he outright stopped attending classes as the NCAA season started. He showed no real love to anybody at his college, LSU, and claimed to keep no friends at the college. In fact, the only reason he attended LSU was because his godfather was an assistant coach, who now no longer works for LSU, with Simmons in the NBA.