re: If Players Aren't Going to Make It In the NBA, Why Not Stay?

What percent of basketball and football players would be enrolled at LSU or wherever if there were no sports ? If there are "many" middle class kids on scholarships, that number wouldn't be high , right ? I would take one of those IMHO's ,& guess it would be about 80 or 90 %. And that's just a conservative guess. Of course, that doesn't take in the Eddie Lee Hurts', or Hot Plate Williams who were there for another reason all together. After watching interviews from pros, and seeing the decisions they make , they probably never saw the inside of a classroom during their "college education" , and on our dime at that It's all about money, and the quickest way to get it, ala the M&M situation. They should just go ahead and pay college athletes, and then the pros wouldn't be quite as attractive.