Football and basketball ought to be undergraduate degrees.

1. The commitment needed to perform at the high level college athletics require is similar to that of an undergraduate degree. Pro has asserted that the commitment needed to perform at the high level college athletics require is similar to that of an undergraduate degree. This is obviously wrong. Yes, they do need the 40 hours that are stated from the NCAA article, but think of it this way. Less than 2% of those people who get these undergraduate degrees would actually get employment, and most of the employment opportunities would come mid-college, which would destroy the chances for getting the degree. Link Used For Source: http://www.businessinsider.com... 2. Unmotivated Athletes have no place being in valuable seats in classes they have no business being in This is false. To have Athletes that are taking up seats, this is a greatness to society. One thing that is known about high school athletes is the fact that they are required to do school work and sports. For football for example, during the season, they spend a good 15 hours after school doing direct practice. 3 1/2 hour practices. Therefore, that would be to say that students in these grades should discontinue their education for their sport because the education portion is so hard. From someone who was a student athlete, I understand that there is a time for school and there is a time for sports. But don't we all do things we don't want to do in this world that might be time consuming? By saying that a baseball player for example, shouldn't need to be educated in anything other for baseball and should be focused completely on baseball would be like saying someone who makes typewriters should focus on making typewriters and not focus on organizing the papers or learning how to put in the ink, and maybe be able to use and test these typewriters. Good spelling doesn't come from hitting a ball or catching a football. It comes from hard mental work, and by excluding that idea from athletes that they are required to do that, that is almost denying them the freedom of speech. 3. A degree in sports would allow them to truly become students of the game This is really confusing. First of all, going back to the article, lets say that they learn all of this stuff, and they graduate. First of all, if they are not recruited by the NFL or the NHL or the NBA or the MLB, than they are given this degree that has no usage. This degree is unusable practically. It would only create more people to get dead end jobs to try and pay off these degrees. One thing that the pro fails to understand is that getting a degree in this would be like getting a degree in playing games. Most of what you get in a sport is a skill set, and a sport is a game in the end with physical requirements. It would be like getting a degree in chess, which does not exist, because nobody would have the interest to get one. I do not protest the idea of having another opportunity for people who play football or basketball to go to another type of academy that focuses on having a strong athletic program more than colleges, like Don Bosco High School, but still having an education program. I think of colleges like universities, and universities are made to learn things, not to study a game.