One and Done

John Calipari, from The University of Kentucky, encourages players to go straight to the pros. The past couple of years at the University of Memphis, and at Kentucky, Calipari has proved to one of the best coaches to help college players get prepared for the NBA. But is his encouragement for freshman to leave early right? Now-a-days a lot of high school athletes that play sports at the college level, ,make decisions based on education, how nice a facility is, how good the team is, and campus lifestyle. When I hear players make decisions based on education before they sign with a school, I kind of take it as a joke. I take it as a joke because a lot of these players recently have been leaving early. Under John Calipari, within the last two years, five freshmen have left early and declared for the NBA draft. What ever happened to an education? Last year alone, four freshmen left the Kentucky squad and even before at Memphis players were leaving early too. Examples of this are Derrik Rose, and Tyreke Evans, who ended up to be pretty good players in the NBA. Not only is it freshman that are leaving early but it is also other underclassmen such as Patrick Patterson, and Rajon Rondo. If players are going to make a decision on college I think they should not base it off of education if they are not even sure if they are going to stay the entire time. Not only do I think that some players should stay for more than just one year at least, but I also think they should consider their education. Players that are prime examples of this are Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow. I believe rules and regulations should be made just like they were made in college football for education purposes.