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PostBourgie looks at Allonzo Trier, the 12-year old NCAA prospect the Times Magazine reported on this weekend. I'm not joking about that prospect part, read the story. I'm not one of those "if black kids spent as much time studying as they did playing sports..." people. It's a sanctimonious argument that originates in the belief in white infallibility. So I actually don't worry about this kid wanting to be basketball player.
But I do worry about kids having that sort of life pressure at 12. I worry about a kid who's barely out of cartoons and into puberty, thinking about shoe contracts. I also worry about the range of life experience. Childhood is a great time to try out so many different things, and meet different people. When your profession is decided at that young age, it seems that a bubble must form around you. The kids parents seem solid, so I'm sure he'll be fine. But I wonder what the pressure does to someone that young.
But I do worry about kids having that sort of life pressure at 12. I worry about a kid who's barely out of cartoons and into puberty, thinking about shoe contracts. I also worry about the range of life experience. Childhood is a great time to try out so many different things, and meet different people. When your profession is decided at that young age, it seems that a bubble must form around you. The kids parents seem solid, so I'm sure he'll be fine. But I wonder what the pressure does to someone that young.
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