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In many sports today, the youth of America is finding a niche as the highest-paid, most popular athlete. Athletes who are just kids are skipping post-secondary education all together in search of fame and fortune in the professional league of their choice. Most recently, basketball’s LeBron James has left high school and became the number one pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. Time will tell as to whether he is as productive as coaches think he can be, and critics feel that he needed college basketball to help develop his skills. Baseball is another sport in which high school players are drafted into the big leagues every year, and nothing is said of it. These customs stop when it comes to professional football due to the National Football League’s eligibility rule. Summed up, the rule says that a player must have been out of high school for three years, whether it be in college or not, before he can enter the NFL draft. This rule has come into question recently with a college standout named Maurice Clarett, and many people have many different views on whether or not it should be changed to allow high school players to skip college. Why doesn’t the NFL allow players to enter the draft straight out of high school? When I first ran across this article written on September 17 by Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star, I totally agreed and was sure that I had found the answer.
Approximate Word count = 940
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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