Capstones
Graduation Date
Fall 12-16-2019
Grading Professor
Matt Gagne
Subject Concentration
Arts & Culture
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Abstract
Sports and Academics have long been linked. If an athlete's grades aren’t up to par they can’t play, but when an athlete practices in the morning and at night, travels for games, how much learning can they actually do? There are cases however when an athlete uses sports as their ticket for higher education because their grades wouldn’t cut it. 16-year-old Deon McLaughlin is one of those students. For all his success on the court he’s battled with maintaining his school’s rigid academic standards. As good as he is, he knows the NBA isn’t a possibility, for him basketball is the only way he can attend a four-year school.
Recommended Citation
Blake, Reginald A. Jr., "Becoming His Own Boss" (2019). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/355
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