While saying that she and President Obama stay glued to ESPN’s SportsCenter on draft days, first lady Michelle Obama told high schoolers that the truth is a sports career just isn’t in the cards for most kids.
“Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing more exciting than sports,” she told the students at a college enrollment event at Detroit’s Wayne State.
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But, she warned, “The truth is that hardly any young person in this country is going to grow up to play for the NFL or the NBA. That is simply not a viable career path for the overwhelming majority of our kids in this country. That’s not going to be your life.”
Sticking with the sports references, she said that the first family hopes that smart kids signing up for college will become as big as the World Series.
First lady Michelle Obama at Wayne State University. AP Photo
“Signing Day shouldn’t just be for elite athletes, but for young people like you who have worked so hard to earn those college acceptance letters,” she said.
“Every year, every community in this country should be hosting a signing day of their own,” she said to cheers. “I want this to be bigger than the Super Bowl, bigger than the World Series. You hear me? Bigger than the playoffs.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
