in that they have given him custom made shoes, and he got to help in designing his teams uniforms, which is sponsored by Adidas. “At this age LeBron is better than anybody I’ve seen in 37 years in this business, including Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Garnett,” says Sonny Vaccaro, the Adidas rep that signed the first shoe deals with Jordan (for Nike), Bryant, and McGrady. (Wahl, 64) James is already a friend with some of the biggest names in the NBA today. Shaquille O’Neal has attended his games before, and he is also best friends with Celtics star Antoine Walker. The question here is why should LeBron go to college? He has been brought up in a violence filled community, lived off of ends meat, and has his whole life, set for him. Why should he go to college, risk injury, and set aside millions of dollars for four years? If there was ever an exception to going to college this might be it. There is no doubt that if he went to college for four years, stayed healthy, and worked on his game, he would definitely be one of the greatest players ever to play in the world. But why do the homework, why sacrifice so much time? Why risk a lifetime of wealth and prosperity for a measly for years of stress and no income? This is one athlete who deserves to play in the NBA, but could only benefit from the greatness of college basketball.We have seen other athletes in other sports play while they are still in high school, or still in college. This is common in tennis, gymnastics, and golf. One of the best examples is Tiger Woods. He left Stanford two years early to play in the Professional Golf Association (PGA). He eats, sleeps and drinks golf, ever since he was a child. His father pushed him more than anyone else, almost forcing him to be a golfer. His father disciplined tiger harshly and some question the validity of Earl Woods motives. Nevertheless, all this stress and work has paid off for an obvi...
