The Wrong Idea
“(Today) You have a society where every black kid in the country thinks the only way to be successful is through athletics,” said Charles Barkley to Sports Illustrated. Therefore, these kids think that the only way to go to college is by being good at a sport. What they do when they get to college is the real question. The past is a good place to see exactly what college student athletes have accomplished.A study was done on the graduation rates of athletes in college. Immediately in this study, black male athletes were spotlighted. Between the years of 1991 and 1994, only seven division one colleges graduated all of their black male basketball players. There were 47 division one colleges that graduated zero black male basketball players in this four year span. They are on what is called the “zero percent” list. The reasons for not graduating a single black player are unpublished. One of them might have been too much pressure from coaches. Another possible reason is that the players didn’t care
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Approximate Word count = 693
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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