Why do kids go to college?
To get a job. If they can get one that pays or has security that allows them to not finish, they will do that. If people could find out a way to become a lawyer or a doctor and make the same kind of money, they would. Just like anything in life, people tend to have unrealistic expectations. Whether it be a business deal or what they will do with their education, not everyone thinks of the reality that life will bring them. When I went to college, most of my peers thought they would roll of the graduation ceremony with a $40,000 a year job no matter what. What many of them found out that they might be lucky to make $30,000. And that is why many are going back to school because what they thought about the real world was not so true. Well unfortuanately basketball players are the very same way. Everyone thinks they have the talent to be a first rounder and make that guaranteed money. But they do not see all the players that do not make it. Or the Stacy King that was a first rounder but sat the bench his entire career. Or even the Arkansas team that won the National Championship and the entire starting 5 went pro regardless of experience. What about the great Duke teams or UNLV team? How many pros are off those two teams that played one of the classics?
We are in a Sportcenter and video game age. We see the highlights or the name in the game or on the cover, but do not see the hard work it took to get there. Not much differnet than officiating if you think about it.
Peace