After all these years, I am happy to agree with Knight on something, especially an issue that has long troubled me: the paternalistic attitudes regarding athletes and college, self-servingly tailored to keep a large base of African-American basketball players from having the same choices as high school graduates in baseball and hockey. I’ve always wondered why no one ever worried if Sidney Crosby had read enough of the classics before his debut at 18 with the Penguins.
When I get some time -- and before the NBA Draft -- I will address in more detail the very issue that Araton puts forth.
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