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Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin
college is about learning how to think critically, to research, analyze, and solve certain kinds of problems. Bill Gates could obviously do that. We don't know about Oden, but lots of broke ex-pro athletes could've used more than they got. For those who say you don't use your college degree, do you not use the education that came along with it? Of course, you can get that education in the workforce, and sometimes it's a better path than college, and athletes attending university are sometimes educated minimally. College is a place designed for education, though, and athletes about to be charged with the responsibility of caring for millions and millions of dollars are better off with some education rather than none.
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Yeah, assuming you go to class, aren't coddled as a star athlete, not receiving private tutoring (or having them do your work), taking super easy classes (not saying it always happens just stating the possibility), etc.
Those ex-pro athletes went broke because they had poor money management skills. You don't need to go to college to learn how to handle money, correct? Again, I'm not saying you can't learn that in college....but it doesn't have to be learned there.