Skipping College is Overrated
By Steph (OTR Editor) Tags: kevin love, NBA, overrated, mitch albom
Created: 04/22/2008
12:19 AM
12:19 AM
The author of Tuesdays With Morrie breaks down why it’s lame (uber-lame) when college sports stars skip school to play in the pros.
Kevin Love, are you listening?
One-and-done makes joke out of college life Kevin Love, are you listening?
BY MITCH ALBOM • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • April 22, 2008
Don't call it college. It's not college if you don't even declare a major. It's not college if you needn't bother finishing your second semester. It's not college if you spent most of your time in the gym, or on a plane, or being interviewed. It's not college just because you wore a uniform with the school's name on it.
We are hearing lately about all these freshman basketball stars -- Kevin Love of UCLA, O.J. Mayo of Southern Cal, Derrick Rose of Memphis, Michael Beasley of Kansas State -- leaving college to jump to the NBA.
Leaving college?
Please.
They were never really there.
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