College Basketball

College Basketball <Tab/>Freshman eligibility in any sport comes with its price to pay. However, when colleges sort through the thousands of applicants each school year, they do not take into consideration the toll the students' freshman year will have; they accept students because of their prior performance and potential. Yet when athletes are given scholarships to play sports, Dean Smith wants the student-athletes to sit out their freshman year. Throughout …

…collegiate sports, and the reality that not all college athletes are the next Michael Jordan or Dan Marino, Smith's essay on removing freshman eligibility is not effective in arguing its point. By eliminating freshman sports, you are sending the message "You are here as a student first and foremost". However, if it weren't for their athletic ability, colleges wouldn't be sending a message at all. <Tab/> <Tab/>