Don’t get your hopes up with this one
What if he had said, "Whatever school is showing me the best options toI know I’m in the extreme minority but comments like that turn me off.
I know for a lot of recruits all schools represent are minor league teams and the academics and school experience means little if anything but I just don’t like hearing it out loud.
Yep. Oh well.Heard other schools are way ahead
Well because going to school to become an engineer involves going to school to get education which is the whole point of school.What if he had said, "Whatever school is showing me the best options tomake it to the NBAbecome a top-earning engineer, that’s where I’ll be making the decision."? If that wouldn't bother you, why does his original quote?
I know I’m in the extreme minority but comments like that turn me off.
I know for a lot of recruits all schools represent are minor league teams and the academics and school experience means little if anything but I just don’t like hearing it out loud.
I'm not judging or attacking you, and I agree it's not a big deal either way (after all, what does some message board squawking matter anyway?). I would argue that wannabe one-and-dones are going to school for an education that will get them to their career goal. What is the difference for you between Kevin Durant and Mark Zuckerberg (both left early for the pros)? Is it that KD nominally had a major or course of study that he presumably ignored to the extent possible?Well because going to school to become an engineer involves going to school to get education which is the whole point of school.
I get that for a lot of kids they are just using academic institutions as a vessel to enhance their sports careers and that schools also use them to enhance themselves. It just is always a little odd to me to hear it out loud so blatantly.
Anyway carry on. No big deal.
I believe that’s called a “Communications Major.”This topic has got me thinking, it would be cool if schools offered a Basketball major. Classes could be anything that would help a professional athlete throughout their careers. Budgeting and financial management. Self-marketing. Foreign language (because most students won't play for money in the US). Could be interesting.
You just unintentionally hit on the point here though. The purpose of college is to prepare you for entering the real world in the best possible situation. For an engineering major you're going to choose a school who's doing great research in an area you're interested. For a business major you're using it as a way to build relationships during college. An athlete is hoping to make it to the NBA so why shouldn't they pick a school that helps that the same way anyone else does?Well because going to school to become an engineer involves going to school to get education which is the whole point of school.
I get that for a lot of kids they are just using academic institutions as a vessel to enhance their sports careers and that schools also use them to enhance themselves. It just is always a little odd to me to hear it out loud so blatantly.
Anyway carry on. No big deal.
About 100 billion dollarsWhat is the difference for you between Kevin Durant and Mark Zuckerberg?
You just unintentionally hit on the point here though. The purpose of college is to prepare you for entering the real world in the best possible situation. For an engineering major you're going to choose a school who's doing great research in an area you're interested. For a business major you're using it as a way to build relationships during college. An athlete is hoping to make it to the NBA so why shouldn't they pick a school that helps that the same way anyone else does?
Miranda didn’t exactly say one and done. He said get him into the league. That might take a full college career but that might not be what he has in mindI'm not judging or attacking you, and I agree it's not a big deal either way (after all, what does some message board squawking matter anyway?). I would argue that wannabe one-and-dones are going to school for an education that will get them to their career goal. What is the difference for you between Kevin Durant and Mark Zuckerberg (both left early for the pros)? Is it that KD nominally had a major or course of study that he presumably ignored to the extent possible?
This topic has got me thinking, it would be cool if schools offered a Basketball major. Classes could be anything that would help a professional athlete throughout his or her career. Budgeting and financial management. Self-marketing. Foreign language (because most students won't play for money in the US). Could be interesting.
His logic leaves something to be desired. To be fair, he was probably frequently concussed.Miranda didn’t exactly say one and done. He said get him into the league. That might take a full college career but that might not be what he has in mind
Decades ago, when Dick Butkus was college stud of the year at Illinois he made the most honest statement ever in an SI interview. In response to a question that basically was that the rumor was that he didn’t go to class and stayed in his room all day watching cartoons, he said along these lines, if they had me here to go to class I’d go to class, but they have me here to play football so I watch cartoons.
Say that to his face. I had scholarship athletes in a few of my classes in my long ago UConn days and some were never there. And were still on the team the next year.His logic leaves something to be desired. To be fair, he was probably frequently concussed.