[Hawks Coach]

Is anybody asking whether pop idols (music, TV, or movie stars) are going to college or what harm we have done by them not going there? (it may be harmful to your sanity to listen to them, but I am not here to question musical taste!) There are many failed musicians and actors out there that decided to roll the dice and skip the college experience. They too suffer as a result of skipping school, but we don't have a huge debate over the harm to them of seeing their millionaire brothers and sisters make it big in music or movies.

If we didn't have college B-ball teams that were setting people up for pro B-ball jobs, nobody would ask these questions. What needs to happen is that these people (whatever their field of endeavor) get proper advice so they cna make a good decision and then handle the money and the fame. Most of them come with no preparation for the adulation that accompanies being a big star. That is far more of a threat to their future than signing a huge contract.