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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 8097087, member: 76863"]This couldnt be further from the truth. Basketball players can get drafted after 1 year and never have to set foot in a classroom if you know you're getting drafted. NFL players can at three years and the ones that go pro almost never actually get their degrees unless they want to later on. Almost no one in the NFL or NBA has a degree unless its honorary. Those two sports have atrocious graduating rates in college </p><p><br /></p><p>Baseball and hockey are a bit different. Hockey you can get as you can get drafted early and play in college instead of riding buses in the minors and baseball if you go to a college other than a JUCO you have to stay for 3 years and some will finish up their degree in the off season being so close. </p><p><br /></p><p>The notion though that many get their degree first just simply isn't true though. If you're getting your degree first it's because you werent drafted or were drafted so low you wanted the extra year to try and move up in the draft. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now that college athletes can be paid with the NIL that might change though. There's no reason to leave college if you're making more money there then you would in the draft. That said it doesnt mean they'd actually be going to class. Tutors employed by the athletic department do the vast majority of the work for football and basketball players and get fired if the talent doesnt stay eligible[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 8097087, member: 76863"]This couldnt be further from the truth. Basketball players can get drafted after 1 year and never have to set foot in a classroom if you know you're getting drafted. NFL players can at three years and the ones that go pro almost never actually get their degrees unless they want to later on. Almost no one in the NFL or NBA has a degree unless its honorary. Those two sports have atrocious graduating rates in college Baseball and hockey are a bit different. Hockey you can get as you can get drafted early and play in college instead of riding buses in the minors and baseball if you go to a college other than a JUCO you have to stay for 3 years and some will finish up their degree in the off season being so close. The notion though that many get their degree first just simply isn't true though. If you're getting your degree first it's because you werent drafted or were drafted so low you wanted the extra year to try and move up in the draft. Now that college athletes can be paid with the NIL that might change though. There's no reason to leave college if you're making more money there then you would in the draft. That said it doesnt mean they'd actually be going to class. Tutors employed by the athletic department do the vast majority of the work for football and basketball players and get fired if the talent doesnt stay eligible[/QUOTE]
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