Athletes overlooking Academics
In the current age of sports there are teenagers forgoing their college education to start spending the rest of their lives dedicated to professional sports. Famous names like Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and Freddy Adu are just a few of the many high school and college athletes that want a piece of the income that the current professionals are getting. In years past, we never heard about such things as skipping college or leaving early to play professionally. One reason that this trend is coming now is the pressure from agents, media, family, and friends to make the big money from advertising that comes with being a professional athlete. Being an athletic prodigy opens up many doors for advertisement and marketing opportunities. Kobe Bryant, soon after going into the NBA from high school had a shoe deal with Nike
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