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[QUOTE="NKR1978, post: 52211, member: 186"]
Ideally I agree with you that college should produce well-rounded individuals who graduate with abilities and knowledge that can help them in most possible endeavors.

In my former life as a UConn fan I read Jim Calhoun's book after his 99 championship. In it he recounted a story where he asked a reporter how many of his kids thought they were going to the NBA. The reporter looked at the stars of that team and responded that he though maybe four members of the 1999 championship team thought they were going to the NBA. Calhoun responded that every one of his players thought they would make it in the NBA.

I assume SU and every other major basketball school is like that. Football may be different because of the volume of kids on a team. When you're operating in a system where a huge percentage of revenue sport athletes think they are going pro, it stands to reason that a good portion of those athletes do not care about their education. In their cases, the schools owe it to them to do something to prepare them for their likely future, and I agree that business/life skills courses would be in their best interests. I could have used some of those in college.
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