NEWSFLASH
"Edumacation is fo SLAVES"
On ESPN Sports Center this morning, I saw a very disturbing interview with Kevin Garnett. Well, this made me think back to the fairly well press-covered interview with Alan Iverson during the NBA Playoffs. During that interview, there was question of the relationship between him and the 76ers coach in terms of coming back next year. Now I don't remember the fireworks or even the issue entirely, but it was Iverson's rediculous presentation of himself that made me think:
1) This grown man has the intelligence, or lack thereof, of a third grader,
2) There is no way on this planet that he earned entry to or diploma from, nor attended classes at, Georgetown University,
3) This grown man looks and acts like a punk,
4) This grown man is sending a very negative image of pro athletes and team players to kids and fans all over the world.
I mean really. Well KG sits up there and proclaims, "I did not go to school because it is slavery, a way that the school brainwashes students..." -
ESPN SC 7/17.
Wow. This time, now seeing a pattern here, I thought to myself:
1) This grown man is a fucking idiot.
2) Maybe if I had not gone to school and been a punk like these two clowns, I would be worth US$50+ million!.
3) In the professional world of consulting/law/medicine/anything white collar, a four-year college degree is required
even to be considered for employment. These types of workers may never make US$1 million in their careers, let alone in one year.
Why can't we make the NBA
REQUIRE education to participate as a pro athlete? So what if there are street thug players that teams need to "win." What message are we sending? There are not that many players who make a true difference to the league that it would hurt the league to make this education required. I mean, there are studies that show that pro athletes are prone to crimes of drug and spousal abuse, basically bringing the environments they came from to the limelight the leagues offer them.
Well, enough of this hopeless soapbox. When are tryouts anyway?
