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Last night I saw a game show with a tall eastern European contestant named George and it brought back a flood of memories.
My second year in France,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], our team was struggling,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we were picked as the favourite in the pre season. But half-way through the year we were barely above last place. Personalities clashed and fights broke out routinely in practice. One day in February the general manager showed up to our locker room in tow with the most awkward looking human being I had ever seen. Not that it's unusual to see a tall,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], akward person in a basketball locker room, it is after all a safe haven for the absurdly gangly. But this guy stood out because he had shaved head except for a strand of blond mane combed over his tiny bettlejuice skull and despite his size, his arms hung nearly to the floor. We all shook his hand,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and he silently sat down and listened to the coach.
A chorus of hellos and bonjours rung out. He nodded his head and shook everyone's hand. Then the coach asked him to tell us something about himself so we could get to know him,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
A famous GeorgeHe looked up,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], then back down. A few seconds of uncomfortable silence filled the room, he then looked back up. 'Catastrophe!' he declared and shook his head violently.
We set there stunned, muffled laughter broke out. What was he talking about?
He tried again this time as a question pronouncing each syllable, 'cat-tas-trophe?' He then raised his eye brows and cocked his head.
The coach, completely confused walked out and grabbed the general manager who explained he only knew this one word in French.
At least he was trying I thought. But I'm sure he speaks english, I tried to ask him about his trip.
That bad huh? I tried again,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and asked him his age. 'Catastrophic,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],' he said shaking his head.
The general manager jumped in and said he also only knew one word in English.
He was with us only 3 weeks, every conversation would go something like, 'George, how was your weekend?'
When I tell people I play basketball for a living a lot of them will follow that up by asking me what I plan to do after I hang up the sneakers. Now as I sit and stare at the wall for hours on end in my perpetual state of unemployment that question becomes even more significant as I ponder my life without lay-up drills and defensive rotations,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
I think for all professional athletes there comes a day when they realize the end is near and they must make a decision about their life after sport. A lot of that decision depends on their education level and how they prepared themselves for this reality when they were younger.
Basically there are two systems for youth elite sport, the American system and the European system.
The American system is based on college sports and a top flight level of professional sport. In other words, when you reach the age of 17 you are recruited to a university to play against the best players at other universities. You aren't payed for this but your education is free. If you reach a certain level you will be drafted to the NBA,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], for instance, and earn a living playing your sport or seek an alternative overseas. Professional athletics is very much seen as a calling for the very best of the best.
In europe, you play with a club team from the age of 8 or so on up against other youths, if you are a top performer then you will eventually break into the top level of your club team and as young as 17 you can make money as a professional.
Ironically the Achilles heel of each system is the attraction of the other and vice versa. The American system prepares athletes for life after sport by offering a free education while also grooming the best for a professional career. This works because there is only really one pro league in america for each sport, therefore only the cream of the crop make it as professional athletes and the rest realize from an early age they must consider other options (as opposed to Europe, where you could conceivably play in the 4th football or basketball division in some countries and still make a living.) The fatal flaw in the American system is exploitation of University athletes. There is so much money involved in college sports, that coaches, administrators, television companies, advertisers you name it,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], are making a killing off of the athletes who earn nothing. Its blatant exploitation. It would be slightly acceptable if the schools took efforts to make sure the athletes graduate and received a proper education but in most of the top athletic universities the graduation rate is low that it makes you wonder if anyone cares at all (two of the top teams last year in the NCAA basketball tournament UConn and Louisville had graduation rates of 33 and 42 percent respectively,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], meaning that 33% of players who arrive there graduate within 6 years,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the rest are left with nothing but the money earned for others off of their sweat).
In Europe,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Its different. Young athletes can sometimes sign contracts that don't come near to their worth because of obscure rules in their countries or because they don't know any better. But nevertheless they are earning money and being rewarded for their work. Top players are payed very well, but even mediocre players are able to work as professional athletes because of the structure of the multi-tier division system in most countries. However, the problem with this is that most top athletes become professionals at a young age and barely have a chance to finish high school let alone a meaningful degree from a university. At 18 you aren't thinking about the end of your career, but when it comes you are left without the education level to pursue anything outside of the sport.
I advocate College players in America are paid for their work. Why should their head coach make as much as $2 million a year when players get a mere monthly stipend to cover expenses? Its absurd. In Europe on the other hand, college should be a choice for top athletes not a decision clubs make. Each system is far from perfect, but I will say if I was a world-class athlete at a young age I would have much rather gone through the European system and been rewarded for my skill. But as a jobless athlete staring at the otherside of my career I'm thanking my lucky stars I went through the American system and least I can join the millions of other college educated members in the unemployment line.
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