Going Pro- or not

[SWC75]

From a friend who E-Mailed me:

The NCAA released its official estimated probabilities of NCAA athletes going pro among the six major sports: Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Soccer, Men’s Ice Hockey, Football, and Baseball. Check it out.

BASEBALL​

High school players: 471,025​

College players: 31,264​

Draftees: 806​

Percentage of college players who go pro: 11.6%​

Percentage of high school players who go pro: 0.6%​

FOOTBALL​

High school players: 1,108,441​

College players: 67,887​

Draftees: 255​

Percentage of college players who go pro: 1.7%​

Percentage of high school players who go pro: 0.08%​

MEN’S BASKETBALL​

High school players: 545,844​

College players: 17,500​

Draftees: 48​

Percentage of college players who go pro: 1.2%​

Percentage of high school players who go pro: 0.03%​

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY​

High school players: 36,912​

College players: 3,944​

Draftees: 11​

Percentage of college players who go pro: 1.3%​

Percentage of high school players who go pro: 0.1%​

MEN’S SOCCER​

High school players: 398,351​

College players: 22,573​

Draftees: 49​

Percentage of college players who go pro: 1.0%​

Percentage of high school players who go pro: 0.04%​

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL​

High school players:438,933​

College players: 15,708​

Draftees: 32​

Percentage of college players who go pro: 0.9%​

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Baseball seems the best bet but none of them are very good. Hit the books, guys!​

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Long story short. I met a guy in law school who was there only after an injury forced him out of pro baseball. (1st year in the minors). I commented once that I bet he was glad he had gone to college first, so he had his education to fall back on. He said no, he should have gone pro out of high school, and that he had lost 4 years that he could have been trying to make the big leagues. He said he could always go to college afterwards.