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Josh Furr

ENGL

1101

Mrs. Raymond November 17,2013

High School Athlete Discussion My topic discussion was held in my room with
a couple

of my roommates and another

and

friend. The topic is intended to cover all the aspects of an athlete's life after high
college. It is supposed to refer to the odds of an athlete making it to the
as

of competition,
.

well

as

their life after they have finished playing their particular

For our discussion, we

seemed

to drift away from some of the various points of the topiy'and focused more in depth on

how college athletics should be treated.

The focus of our discussion only covered a small

of my topic, but it gave me

some good insight and opinions about the standards foy'college athletes and how those standards

differ with each sport. We began our

athletes who never went to college, but i

ing about the handful of professional

straight to the pros right out of high school. Kobe Bryant, two ofthe biggest names in
a college degree because

We talked about examples such as LeBron

NBA history. These two athletes never even thought about earning

there was no need for them to worry about that. That had the skills to be able to do what they did. We talked about the risk that they took, and how it is not safe for an 18 year old high school
athlete to take that chance. The professional league for any sport is on an exponentially higher

level of intensity than the high school league. There is a very slim chance of success through
such
a

jump We were all

able to agree that the

NCAA should establish the same rule for all