One of the biggest diminishing points about BASKETBALL is ACADEMICS...POINT, BLANK, PERIOD!
In society, we tend to overlook the things that make us who we are. If we see a doctor, we see his money but not the 8 to 12 years it took for him to get there. When we see look at the president, we see the power but we don't see the years he had to go to college and law school and deal with political issues and situations of the world. & with Athletes, we see the great skill and game that they have but we don't understand the biological, psychological and philosophical concepts behind why that player is who he is.
One of the huge reasons behind the society's failing is because of ELIGIBILITY. Players sometimes take academics for granted because it's free. Sometimes Players substitute academics for stupidity. There is a huge difference in society with men then what it use to be. There use to be a time, where men felt proud about being academically strong. Now they just struggle and it's no worry because of the focus presented towards them.
BUT CAN I BLAME YOU?
3 things must change fully...
1. CHANGE THE IDEOLOGY OF THOSE WHO SURROUND THE ATHLETE (PEOPLE & MEDIA)....DON'T GLORIFY THE PRODUCT OVER THE PRODUCTION. Allow them to see that, education is the only way to win in sports. The smarter the athlete the better the game. The life of an athlete will definitely be increased by opportunities if they did so. IMAGINE IF ATHLETES WERE THEIR OWN AGENTS. People wouldn't make money off them, because of their ignorance. Adjust the families, friends & parents that surround them. "YOUR NETWORK IS WORTH YOUR NET WORTH"
2. Get more qualified people in place that are in control of sports...ALL AAU COACHES & HIGH SCHOOL COACHES SHOULD HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES AND COME WITH A PROFESSIONAL IDEOLOGY TO GIVE TOWARDS THE CHILDREN. If their coaches and people in place with sports are educated, that will strive them to be educated.
3. RAISE THE STANDARD FOR THE CHILDREN IN SPORTS. Stop allowing children to see athletes uneducated and reach to the NBA, because of that, it sends a sign that people don't have to be educated to make it, which isn't true. We need to be united as one people under a professional personification. Raise the criteria of athletes that play in college...make them higher than an everyday student. Allow them to know, IT'S A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT.
If these three things are done, we will definitely help the problem of athletes thinking they can reach the top without education or being eligible. Please find it in yourself to be ACADEMICALLY STRONG AND PROSPER IN THE WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE and not IGNORANCE.
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