HS Baseball Phenom leaves after Sophomore year... Thoughts

[fatediesel]

The only reason I'm even somewhat in favor of forcing college is to try and get these guys some life experience before they get their money. There was a study last year that showed 60% of NBA players are broke within 5 years of leaving the league. If they went to college and took some finance classes and actually had a budget this might not happen. These guys don't realize that they won't be making their current salary for more than a couple years and after that they won't be making near as much money. In addition with basketball and baseball there's women in every city trying to seduce players with the hopes of getting pregnant and making 6 figures off child support. The NBA and NFL have rookie programs that try to teach their guys about this but you still hear stories about players with multiple children with multiple women. Examples include Travis Henry (NFL), who has 11 children with 10 woman and is currently in jail for drugs and Shawn Kemp (NBA), who has at least 7 children.