The NCAA is making a change to agents who want to rep basketball players testing the NBA draft waters out of college.
The organization will require agents who want to rep players thinking about jumping into the draft to have a bachelor’s degree, according to Jon Rothstein. (RELATED: Los Angeles Clippers Sign Kawhi Leonard)
Sources: The NCAA has officially added criteria for agents who wish to represent student athletes testing the waters for the NBA Draft.
Criteria:
– Bachelor’s Degree
– Certified with NBPA for a minimum of three years
– Take an in-person exam at the NCAA Office in Indianapolis— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) August 6, 2019
I can’t even begin to tell you how dumb this is. Tying college education to how smart somebody is or isn’t is a dumb idea.
For example, LeBron James’ manager and closest adviser, Rich Paul, doesn’t have a college degree. Many people seem to think that’s the motivation behind this move, but LeBron seems to be doing just fine.
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— LeBron James (@KingJames) August 7, 2019
I understand the NCAA might think forcing agents to have a degree makes them more legit or smarter. It’s not a crazy thought, but it’s also not overly accurate.
In my short life, I’ve found that it’s often those with the most intense drive and work ethic that make it the farthest in life.
For example, I know several people who are rolling in cash that never got a college degree. They graduated high school (some of them by razor thin margins), they got to work, built empires, did more than anybody else around them and now they’re rich as all hell.
The reality of the situation is that your college degree or lack thereof isn’t going to dictate how you turn out in life.
How much you’re willing to work for it will, and you’d think a league that employs plenty of players without college degrees, the NBA and NCAA of all places would understand that.
Apparently, that just makes way too much sense.
There are rich and successful people without college degrees and this won’t do much to change that.