I know some people who really feel they want to be professional jazz musicians and are paying good money to study that, for I don’t know how many jobs in the end. I think, on some level, we do need to have some type of boundaries with sports and athletics because you’re right, we do press more than what needs to be pressed.īrancaccio: It’s something a lot of people have to resolve for themselves, even if it’s not athletics. Now, the other side of it is, there needs to be a support structure in place that’s keeping the athlete, keeping them grounded. William Gates: I would never stop a person from receiving the best side of sports, the impact that it can have on your life, the discipline, the family, the unity. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation.ĭavid Brancaccio: As I watched the documentary and saw everything you had to go through - balancing your family, school, life, the surgeries, the time put into practicing and playing - here’s the question that kept nagging at me: Is it ethical to encourage young people to focus so much on something where there’s only a slim chance of going pro? What do you think? “Marketplace Morning Report” host David Brancaccio spoke to Gates about the economic challenges college athletes still face. One of the stars, William Gates, is no longer a teenager at 49, but he’s still involved in the game - even though two high school knee injuries got in the way of his goal of playing in the NBA. The film is a heartbreaking, inspirational and instructive look at wealth, poverty and basketball.
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“Hoop Dreams,” the transformative film from 1994, documents over five years the lives of two high school basketball players from economically struggling families in Chicago as they work toward pro careers. To watch along with us, sign up for our newsletter. We’re watching and discussing a new documentary each month. This interview is from our series Econ Extra Credit with David Brancaccio: Documentary Studies, a conversation about the economics lessons we can learn from documentary films.
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