@cabbagedad posted:Just on the surface, I would think there is more than a small handful of kids that just really are not good traditional academic students and have either trade school, military or jumping into some family business or more entry level labor market in mind. For many of those, why not take a shot at ball first? Agree, though. Lousy time to try to break in, regardless.
I know of a great ball player that fits this description. No interest in school, and is also working for his welding certification. His father told me, he is going to give it a shot, if it doesn't work out, already has a good paying job lined up working with him in the Texas oil fields.