Student athlete and money.
Perhaps you also know.Many big athletic programs advertise that the players on football and basketball teams are student athletes. Schools claim that these students can attend their university for free in exchange for their participation in a sport. With so many athletes from the money making sports leaving school early, it’s hard to believe that they really are student athletes. This is just another way for schools to make millions of dollars off athletes without paying them what they are worth.
This is just a way of making money.The argument that these athletes are receiving scholarships to attend schools should be enough in exchange for their athletic skills is flawed. Top level athletic programs specifically make academic exceptions for athletes just so they will play for their school. I truly can’t believe that these schools are actually expecting athletes who did not perform well academically in high school to succeed in a college classroom. If the athletes are expected to succeed, then they should be forced to finish their degree before they are allowed to leave for the pros.
NHL players about some of the things.
Some of his own ideas.It is important to note that this method does not attempt to find players who were similar in style of play. Rather, it attempts to find players whose careers were similar in terms of quality and shape. By shape, I mean things like: How many years did he play? How good were his best years compared to his worst years? Did he have a few great years and then several mediocre years, or did he have many good-but-not-great years?
Another important item to note is that players are only compared to other players who played a comparable position. In other words, forwards are compared to forwards; defensemen are compared to defensemen; and goaltenders are compared to goaltenders. This is not always perfect, but it works well enough in most cases.Others might think it is not.
Players with at least three years played and a career value greater than zero (see #2 below) will have two similarity tables on their player pages. The first displays the most similar players through a given year (i.e., through year n). Only the first n years of a player’s career are used when computing these scores. The second displays the most similar players based on entire careers. In this case, all years are used for all players.
Another important item to note is that players are only compared to other players who played a comparable position. In other words, forwards are compared to forwards; defensemen are compared to defensemen; and goaltenders are compared to goaltenders. This is not always perfect, but it works well enough in most cases.Others might think it is not.
Players with at least three years played and a career value greater than zero (see #2 below) will have two similarity tables on their player pages. The first displays the most similar players through a given year (i.e., through year n). Only the first n years of a player’s career are used when computing these scores. The second displays the most similar players based on entire careers. In this case, all years are used for all players.