On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:16 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is a problem, IF the person is not actively working to educate > themselves. I dont mind slow minded folks getting educational > opportunities because of their abilities, but like Larry said, that should > not give them a free ride to just blow off school. And again, much of that > could be remedied if the NFL and NBA had a true farm system. These kids > would go into those leagues if they have no interest in school. >
Both baseball and hockey have pretty successful dual track systems for bringing players up through the ranks. In baseball, kids can go straight into professional contracts in the minor leagues from high school or decide to go the college route and have another draft after their Junior year in college (if I recall). Hockey starts kids younger on the minor-league track, allowing 16 year olds into Major Junior hockey. Other kids go the college route. In both cases, once you hit 19 you are eligible for drafting and can go into the AHL which is the official minor league affiliate for the major NHL teams. I think that basketball could certainly do something similar. They already have the NBA Development League. I'm not so sure about football though. Football teams require large squads, they don't play a lot of games and there is a high injury rate. I don't know that it would be financially feasible and I think the push back on having a large number of injured kids without even a basic education would end up being pretty major. Juda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352108 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
