Originally Posted by
MarkD83
"Tailoring courses to guide future professional athletes on handling their future wealth and all its complications should be a priority at Duke and similarly situated universities." I read indy1dukes quote as a list of course offerings rather than requirements. Think of it like a finance / economics major...here are several courses we recommend it might be good to take a few of these. A 20 year old may know how to budget and control spending but investing large sums of money is quite complicated. And in the words of a great Duke scholar, Grant Hill, "It is not how much you make it is how much you keep."
On another similar note, one of the appeals of Duke is/was a Duke degree. The earlier a player leaves for the NBA the harder it is to get that degree due to the number of classes needed and the free time to take the classes. I always have thought that 2 full years at Duke for players that want to earn a degree makes it doable.
It should be mentioned that there are a lot of good-paying jobs coaching college hoops. Those, with some exceptions I suppose, require a college degree.
And most -- by number -- who play in the NBA play only a few years and don't get the big contract. And playing overseas is fine, and pays well by normal standards -- but is not a "set for life" situation.
And a few -- I hope a very few -- burn up $100 million and have nothing to show for it except bankruptcy court.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013