It'd be great to get him to my class next year. The perspective below is smart, have a read.
I respectfully and politely disagree. I won’t speak for NCAAF players, but as a former basketball player for two different D1 universities (CU included), this is not the case. Universities do not “train or prepare” student athletes for the professional levels— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
universities and coaches prepare players to play in the scheme/system that the coach wants. It is structured to make that team play as well as it can so the university can make the NCAA tournament and profit from it. While coaches get raises and bonuses— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
Most schools do not have a protocol or structure to prepare kids for the professional level. If the student is not going to the NBA, coaches and universities don’t have an idea of how overseas basketball works and or is structured.— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
universities and coaches rely on agents to be the best resource of information and guidance for these students who turn professional. Universities and coaches aren’t properly preparing student athletes on the business side of the game.— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
once that player graduates, the coaches and universities are looking for his/her replacement immediately. Once a player stops wearing the jersey for the university, in most cases that player is easily forgotten and no longer cared for. They are no longer of value— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
there needs to be an infrastructure where universities help athletes truly prepare. If you were to survey NBA and overseas executives, you would be surprised by how many athletes they believe have been poorly “trained and prepared” by their respective university— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
their needs to be a full spectrum and infrastructure for athletes to be prepared for professional sports, not just physically or skill wise, but mentally, emotionally, and financially as well. This is where many universities and coaches drop the ball.— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
drop the ball not because they don’t care. But because they don’t have the resources or time to make sure those who graduated are set up and prepared properly. Playing the game is different on all levels, with different expectations, and not everyone is ready— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
your numbers may be correct, but the narrative and the language need to be clearly stated. Coaches and universities look out for themselves, unless the player is an NBA lottery pick or won them a national championship, a lot of us get pushed to the side— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
universities give us the “PLATFORM” to play and showcase our skills. But “train and prepare,” that usually falls on the player during the summer time/off-season training.— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
who is helping us athletes choose agents? Who is helping us understand/read contracts? Who is helping us understand financial planning, investing, and retiring? Who is helping us understand taxes? Who is helping us understand the home buying process?— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
who is helping us understand choosing a career after sports? Who is helping us understand health/life insurance? Who is helping us understand taxes if we work overseas?— Carlon Brown ↪️ (@CarlonAutentico) May 14, 2018
The universities aren’t “training or preparing” us in any of these areas? Why not?
