Leaving high school early to get to the bag?

I’m sure this is gonna happen in a few cases a year for the wrong reasons. On one hand it makes me sad, but on the other, lots of kids have pressure early to be providers for their family, that’s not new, what’s new is doing it in college sports.

Reclassifying in general is a bit of a concern for me outside of elite elite kids. There’s a lot to be said for structures and rites of passage, corny as that sounds. Everything happens in due time. Development is physical, mental, emotional, psychological. Just because a kid is “ready” doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be more ready in a year. Usually my instinct is what’s the hurry?
 
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The majority of kids who reclassify are older than everyone else in their class anyway, so in essence they're actually supposed to be in the class they reclassified to in the first place.
 
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