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If you were an 18 year old athlete being presented with the choice of being drafted into professional sports or putting off the pros to play at the college level, what choice would you make? Every year, thousands of high school athletes decide to forgo a college education and go straight to pro sports. This in my opinion is a bad idea. These teens are typically not fully athletically developed, adequately educated, or mature enough to perform and carry themselves at this level. It is a fact that 85% of athletes that don’t attend college are NOT “successful” in their long-term athletic careers. Overall, in the NBA Hall of Fame 94% of the members attended college. Furthermore, 92% of American raised sports Hall of Famers (excluding baseball) attended college. These Hall of Fame statistics exhibit the foundation for success that is developed by attending college. Athletes in today’s society that pass up college to play pro sports are making a bad decision.