To many of the youngsters, the idea of becoming financial independent at an early age (recently some under the age of 15) is an overwhelmingly convincing reason to forgo their education. These young athletes are receiving lucrative deals worth millions of dollars when they are still in the developmental stage of their life, still very naïve to the ways of the capitalistic society in which they live. They become caught up in a society that has placed the value of the dollar ahead of social development and are not prepared to turn down such offers. Many of these young men and women are becoming millionaires, literally, overnight; signing contracts and hiring agents and managing expense accounts that the average citizen won’t see in a lifetime. Their overnight successes are eradicating generations of poverty and second

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