High school and college athletes are becoming greedier each year. More and more high school athletes want to sign a professional contract straight out of high school just so they can say they are making millions. In 1997, Kobe Bryant, an NBA Star, signed straight out of high school. The amazing thing was is the Los Angeles Lakers offered him a

contract for six years, where he would make around 60 million dollars and he held out because he wanted more money. In the 2000 NBA Draft, Darius Miles signed a multi-million dollar contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. These days money is becoming so important to everyone that athletes are trying to make the big bucks as soon as possible just so they can brag about it to friends and have nice things. The athletes are not looking at the future, they are just trying to do what is the easiest.

The reason most college athletes sign pro straight of high school or after a year or two of college is because of all the pressure people put on them. The media makes such a big deal about what they are going to do, or where they are going to go. Sports agents pressure them into making a decision at that time instead of giving them time to think about it. The athletes also feel they have to sign at that time because if they don’t then they might have a worse season than the year before, so therefore they won’t make as much money. When actually they may have an extraordinary season the following year and move up in the draft, along with making a lot more money. If whoever’s in charge would make a rule that athletes had to wait until after they got their degree to enter the draft, then there would be no pressure on when to sign because you could only sign at one time.

On the other side, once you turn eighteen years old you are considered on your own.

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