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I'm talking about college, which isn't a requirement...Originally Posted by AntBanks81
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Posted: 05/29/09 8:31 PM
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If you're taking classes full-time (which Rose was), being a student (or student-athlete in Rose's case) certainly can be considered a "profession."
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No it can't, you're requred by the law to be in school at that age. Basketball, or any sport, is an extracurricular. A professional earns a salary, chop it up like you want to.
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I'm talking about college, which isn't a requirement...Originally Posted by AntBanks81
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Posted: 05/29/09 8:31 PM
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If you're taking classes full-time (which Rose was), being a student (or student-athlete in Rose's case) certainly can be considered a "profession."
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No it can't, you're requred by the law to be in school at that age. Basketball, or any sport, is an extracurricular. A professional earns a salary, chop it up like you want to.
ahhhh, only because some people live off student loan refunds....I might argue that he was more of a athlete-student in college.
I also feel that being a student becomes a profession in graduate school, not undergrad T.
And there's your number one problem with the NCAA...but that's for another day and a different time.Originally Posted by AntBanks81
I might argue that he was more of a athlete-student in college.
I guess our views of what exactly constitutes a profession differ.Originally Posted by AntBanks81
I also feel that being a student becomes a profession in graduate school, not undergrad T.
This type of thinking will ruin us all.Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought
morally, it was wrong. but he's getting paid right now. that's all that matters.
Originally Posted by TheYoungestGun
derrick rose is not better than any of us, no matter how bad his neighbourhood was... they should just kick him out the league, cause he's setting the wrong example for kids, and that is not what david stern wants
No it won't. I know it sounds like the right thing to say, but it really won't.Originally Posted by D723
This type of thinking will ruin us all.Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought
morally, it was wrong. but he's getting paid right now. that's all that matters.
Originally Posted by Al3xis
this stuff is not always the reality of a 'star' recruit. Nor do I think we gota look at all these kids strictly as basketball players. There is more to it at some places and with some kids.
This crap happens at places like Memphis, now Kentucky, Uconn, USC, etc.
we wouldn't see this happen at Carolina, Duke, current UCLA, G'town, etc.
My solution...
Make college a 2 year requirement for these kids or give them the choice to go pro again. 1 year is pointless.
and let's not act like Rose had to do this to get outa the hood either. He was being taken care by this point. He made a poor decision....but even worse are his handlers and Cal that pushed those decisions.
And it's easy to say now, that he was lock to be an NBA player and a star. That's not always the case.
Take John Riek for example....lotto pick 2 years ago..now will we even see him in the NBA? He coulda gone one way and did his academics, found a good school and be on track right now, but instead he got mixed in with the wrong side of the business.
I can't fault the players, it's the AAU coaches/agents/relatives that lead them in the wrong direction. But the kids gota wake up and see that there is more than basketball and that part of life MIGHT be needed at some point.
....and if he was so afraid and so dumb, at least he had enough sense not to take that test. Its a lot of folks that can't pass those testsbut keep going in and failing. So according to some of you on the board, they get your respect.Originally Posted by acidicality
If DRose was afraid he couldn't get a 620....
That is practically impossible, unless you are really, really, really, really, really dumb.
i don't think anyone is really on Rose's case about it.Originally Posted by AntBanks81
Thats just it, he didn't get special treatment...he made it for himself. There is nothing wrong with making it happen to yourself.
Can any of you that do care about this tell me you have never done anything considered "wrong" by the status quo to get something or somewhere in life? Or are you all perfect angels that work hard and just wait on your "turn" or "break"?
Rose would have been drafted straight out of HS if rules permitted. Bassy made it possible for HS guards to come out. So please stop making it seem as though he was not a lock for the league. Injury be damned, he still made it.
Rose would have been drafted straight out of HS if rules permitted. Bassy made it possible for HS guards to come out. So please stop making it seem as though he was not a lock for the league. Injury be damned, he still made it.
who you tellin?
Again, it's not just about Derrick Rose. How's Lenny Cooke doin? He was a lock his jr year of HS..
To get a 620, you really just have to put your name on it and answer a few questions right. Well, yeah, I guess you're right, if he knew hereally couldn't get that score, then sure that was "smart" of him, but I just can't understand why Rose would need someone to take the testfor him, unless he just simply didn't want to take it or something.Originally Posted by AntBanks81
....and if he was so afraid and so dumb, at least he had enough sense not to take that test. Its a lot of folks that can't pass those tests but keep going in and failing. So according to some of you on the board, they get your respect.Originally Posted by acidicality
If DRose was afraid he couldn't get a 620....
That is practically impossible, unless you are really, really, really, really, really dumb.
Originally Posted by AntBanks81
....and if he was so afraid and so dumb, at least he had enough sense not to take that test. Its a lot of folks that can't pass those tests but keep going in and failing. So according to some of you on the board, they get your respect.Originally Posted by acidicality
If DRose was afraid he couldn't get a 620....
That is practically impossible, unless you are really, really, really, really, really dumb.
Originally Posted by TheYoungestGun
so if you keep failing at a test, you just cheat and let someone else take it? good idea, you should tell your kids that when they grow up. dont take tests or keep working at it, let someone else take it for you.
Originally Posted by AntBanks81
....and if he was so afraid and so dumb, at least he had enough sense not to take that test. Its a lot of folks that can't pass those tests but keep going in and failing. So according to some of you on the board, they get your respect.Originally Posted by acidicality
If DRose was afraid he couldn't get a 620....
That is practically impossible, unless you are really, really, really, really, really dumb.