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human
Do you know who condoleezza rice is?
gpt
*calm eyes* Yes, Condoleezza Rice is now fixing the NCAA, helping to reform College Basketball.
human
She was the secretary of state.  I did not know that she was involved with the NCAA affairs.
gpt
I didn't know that was she was either, I think the best bet is using the ruling for basketball, that baseball is already using...young players have a choice to choose to go pro straight out of high school or go to college and stay a minimum of 3 years. I'm all for higher education.
human
So, please tell me what she is trying to accomplish?
gpt
Well I think it's restructure of the process of young athletes that go college and barely "skirt" by on their grades, it doesn't help the student at all, so the choice I described above would give the student a choice to go directly to NBA from high school and not have to pretend to like college
human
Is the proposed change going to happen?
gpt
I'm pretty sure that Condoleezza Rice, is just now starting to work on this issue, Did you know that in the game Baseball, the manager wears a uniform at the game just in case they may be asked to play for their team?
human
I did not know that.  I am sure that not all managers are eligible to play though.
gpt
That is what I thought, Up until 2005 a couple that is married, scheduled all 2430 major league baseball games for each year, 
human
I wonder why they had to be married?  What was the reasoning?
gpt
*eyes widen* Wow, in 39 out of our 50 U.S. states, the employee that is paid the highest wage as a "State Employee" is either a college football coach or a basketball coach.
human
That was new to me.  Why would they (the coaches) want to be state employees though.  I would think that they could make more money doing something else related to sports.
gpt
*eyes widen* true, also did you know that in 18th century England, people played Bat and Ball games and later the game became popular in the U.S. and was called Baseball?
human
Thank you for your info.  That was interesting.  I thought baseball was originated in the US.
gpt
So did I! Also NBA player Allen Iverson actually signed with Reebok in 2001, a lifetime endorsement contract that would pay him 800,000.00 per year and I big lump sum final payment at age 55 of 32 Million!
human
That was a lot of money.  Is Iverson retired from basketball?  
gpt
Not sure, probably close to retiring. In Texas, the San Antonio Spurs team player Tim Duncun passed up an NBA contract but chose to go to a 4 year college first.
human
*takes a step back* Perhaps college is more important Duncun.  I would not pass up lots of money though since the opportunity might not happen again.
gpt
Me too, Did you know that the FBI revealed that it had findings of corruptions among shoe companies and agents and a few big time college coaches, I guess some sort of money scheme to endorse or kickbacks?