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>> "Professional sports is a legitimate career which doesn't really require a college education, so we could really learn from Europe's clean division between s
by k-mcgrady 13y ago
>> "Professional sports is a legitimate career which doesn't really require a college education, so we could really learn from Europe's clean division between school and sports."
I really hope that was sarcasm and I'm just missing it. I don't think the American system is all that great but seriously, have you listened to an English footballer give an interview? They can barely string a sentence together. Think of the kids who believe as you say, it's a legitimate career. The ones who then don't become professional and can't get a job as they left school so early.
- thomasz 13y agoI'm pretty sure that more than 90% of them can read...
- x0054 13y agoWell, according to the research in question so can 92% of University of North Carolina football players. What's your point?
- timje1 13y agoAt more than an 8-9 reading age? That's probably true for the premiership. If we included the lower leagues... I wouldn't take that bet.
- kenshiro_o 13y agoI don't think they can read well... I am sure a lot of them would score below average in national reading tests.
- VMG 13y agoBut nobody pretends they can
- tehwalrus 13y ago> "have you listened to an English footballer give an interview?" People who play sport with nearly all their time from age 10 or so are going to be less academically developed - that's not necessarily a tragedy in and of itself, although it might be a shame. That's not the issue here. The issue is that in the USA, apparently, these athletes are all enrolled in higher education courses that they will either fail or drop out of. In the UK, and Europe, athletes aren't required to pursue such courses as part of their athletic development - they can go straight from school to professional sport, via privately run clubs which maintain youth teams and leagues.