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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Anyone that thinks that actual academics play any kind of role in this process is a complete doofus imo.
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This is probably true for the 99.9% of the "one and done" "student" athletes.
But who would have thought that a future
first round draft pick of the Charlotte Bobcats would
both prepare his talents for the NBA, as well as preparing his academic credentials for a life after basketball:
Emeka Okafor, the son of Nigerian immigrants, is known for not only being a good basketball player but also for being an elite student. His major at UConn was finance, and he
graduated with honors after three years in May 2004 with a 3.8 GPA. One of his last courses at UConn was an honors-level finance course where students were allowed to make investment decisions for a small portion of UConn's endowment. Okafor was named the Academic All-American of the Year in 2004 for his work on and off the court.
There are some young men out there who take full advantage of the opportunities that a college scholarship offers to them. How many are in the "one and done" category, few, probably not any, but maybe one, or two, have the maturity, probably taught to them by their parents, to take advantage of one free year of academics, as well as a prep year for the NBA?