D.C. United
So D.C. United won their first game of the season today. More notable was the debut of 14 year old Freddie Adu.
So the first thing I thought about when I heard that a 14 year old was turning pro was, "What about school?" Would Freddie Adu have a tutor until he was sixteen? As 60 Minutes reported: "But before his professional debut, Freddy's mom insisted on one more thing: that he complete an accelerated academic program for athletes in Florida that allowed him, at 14, to finish high school."
I guess it's one thing that Kobe and T-Mac didn't go to college, but it seems kind of crazy to race through school to turn pro. Is waiting until you're sixteen or seventeen really too much to ask?