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The average cost of 1 year of University is approx. 35k a year for private colleges according to collegedata.com. The average salary of 1 first year NBA player
by butterfi 7y ago
The average cost of 1 year of University is approx. 35k a year for private colleges according to collegedata.com. The average salary of 1 first year NBA player is 3 million. The lowest paid NBA player makes approx 500k. That doesn't sound like a "free" education to me. Players would be better off going straight to the NBA and going to college later, if they were still inclined.
- dillonmckay 7y agoOr forgoing college and play professionally in another country.
- pitt1980 7y agoa tiny tiny sliver of college athletes will play professionally, a good way to think about it, is that college athletics is sort of communist society in action where the future professionals athletes subsidize benefits for the athletes that won't be future professionals. Relative to most minor league athletes or aspiring Olympians, 35K isn't a bad salary.
- FireBeyond 7y agoThe NBA tries to educate college players or prospects to focus on their education as much as possible. I think the numbers are that even if you're a Div 1 college player, you only have a 6% chance of being drafted to the NBA.
- 8note 7y agoyeah, so why wouldn't you try joining the NBA first, then go to college to actually study when you don't get in?