Entering the draft is a big decision and can affect an athlete life. By entering the draft the athlete is securing their financial well-being. The average professional athlete makes more money than most people with a 9 to 5 job makes in a lifetime. With this money they can support themselves and their family. This is the dream for most athletes. They want to get their parents their dream house, support them so they do not have to work anymore and in some cases move their family out of the ghetto. Kwame Brown entered the draft right after high school and went first round first pic

Do you like your job? If not wouldn't you prefer getting up everyday and going to do something that you enjoy doing? Anyone who is being honest with themselves would

k in the 2001 NBA draft. Kwame was not just thinking of him when he decided to go straight to the pros he was thinking of his seven siblings and mother. He wanted to "provide a better way of life for my mother" (. This is the case for a lot of athletes who are entering the draft. They come from poor families who are in need of a financial blessing. What could be more of a blessing than seeing your child doing what they love, enjoying themselves, and making an honest living?

High school athletes should be able to make their own decisions and enter the draft if they want to. If being a professional athlete is the career that they want to peruse what is the problem. Nobody has a problem when people decide to be an actor or singer so why is there such a big controversy with high school athletes deciding to enter the pros? This is a profession that provides people with an income just like any other career.

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