Why Not Go Pro?

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Jimgolf
Why are professional sports different from other jobs?

I think this is probably the best point to make. There's no outcry when a kid gets A's in his body shop class at a vocational technical school and then goes right to work in a body shop after he graduates HS. He's become a productive profitable citizen doing something that he's good at.

Seems to me the same is true for athletes, especially if it is obvious that he will be drafted. (When it's borderline or speculative, that may be a different story.)