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Originally Posted by ripvanrando
Aren't they still drafting high school players into the NHL? Kid down the street from me went in the first round back in the day.
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Football and basketball is where the money is in college sports. But unlike the NBA and the NFL, the NHL and MLB have a minor league farm team system, so they don't need to rely on colluding with colleges.
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Originally Posted by ripvanrando
College Athletes should be students first and foremost.
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Sadly, many athletes on scholarship aren't allowed to be students first. The demands of their sports, both in training schedules and travel, mean that they can't attend regular classes. Instead, many schools develop "parallel" education programs specifically for athletes. And sadly, many of these programs are scholastically deficient compared to the schools regular education programs. These programs are primarily aimed at keeping the athlete's academically eligible to play (by awarding good grades), with little effort payed to actual learning.
As an example, a class action lawsuit was brought against the University of North Caroline for fraud, with the student athletes charging they at they were not given the top quality college education there were promised:
https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...demic-scandal/