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Message: [QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 4106900, member: 6911"] The problem with your argument about professionalism is that students in biology and government have yet to obtain the skills to be doctors and attorneys. But many athletes- let's take Paige as a prime example- are ready to step into rolls as not only professionals, but top professionals. The NBA acknowledges that by permitting kids who've attended just one year of college to sign contracts. And even now, the NBA is proposing doing away with the one-and-done system that forces those top athletes to go to college at all. Instead, they're talking about a development league for kids right out of high school, with salaries of $125,000 a year. So these kids won't have to pretend to attend college courses and earn phony degrees in "communication" or the like. They'll get paid for being athletes, and without having to risk serious injury without earning a penny of compensation. To sum it up, many of these athletes "are ready." [/QUOTE]