tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768015954080218584.post8932636074437586343..comments2023-03-26T04:58:04.074-07:00Comments on In The South: What Is The Value Of An Education?Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825990504839793868noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768015954080218584.post-13370843311968440012009-04-23T19:17:00.000-07:002009-04-23T19:17:00.000-07:00The odds are high that this kid will not succeed i...The odds are high that this kid will not succeed in pro sports. Most of the risks are his. Athletic teams don't have much to lose by luring susceptible athletes into their programs. The money teams make off the few successful recruits more than offset the losses in bonus payments, etc., to those who fail. The team won't be there to help when this kid ends up going to GED or ABE classes in a few years. Maybe, if he eventually completes his GED or ABE certificate, he'll go to college one day, but, he will have to find the money to pay for it on his own.<br /><br />Parents who get seduced by the money they hope their kids will make are foolish and irresponsible. They are failing their kids in ways that will affect the entire family for the rest of their lives.Eviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00212038923735410573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768015954080218584.post-8395988773485912562009-04-23T18:55:00.000-07:002009-04-23T18:55:00.000-07:00Thanks for this story. For every Kobe Bryant, LeBr...Thanks for this story. For every Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and others who cut their education short there are hundreds of others who have been seduced by the dream of million dollar a year contracts who end up with nothing, including no option of going to college on an athletic scholarship. I am not aware of any study on what happens to all those who are seduced by the dream, do things to destroy their academic eligibility and never make to the NBA. <br /><br />The NBA has done the right thing a few years ago by putting a minimum age requirement or there would be dozens of others doing this type of thing every year. I wish they would raise the minimum by at least another year.<br /><br />Barb...parents get seduced by the money their kids make. Thinking of the money coming their way some encourage their kids to leave college and enter the draft.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802475785134086208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768015954080218584.post-54765417129967095212009-04-23T05:41:00.000-07:002009-04-23T05:41:00.000-07:00This is a story that has happened time and time ag...This is a story that has happened time and time again ... and not just in the sporting world. At that age, according to scientific research, the child's brain isn't finished developing yet. The part of the brain that allows you to predict the consequences of your behaviour isn't fully developed until you're in your twenties.<br /><br />In cases like this, the parents really need to step in and take control ... however, it seems that the father and son may be on the same page.<br /><br />He will regret his decision down the road, unfortunately.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680174673288007269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768015954080218584.post-90189120237415802382009-04-23T05:15:00.000-07:002009-04-23T05:15:00.000-07:00gotta love the mind of a teenager - "nothing bad w...gotta love the mind of a teenager - "nothing bad will ever happen to me". i wonder if he'll regret his decision when he injured himself and finds himself a hasbeen at the age of 19 - poor and educationless.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485061910044084617noreply@blogger.com