听遍美国体育新闻--大学球员纷纷奔向NBA

College Basketball Players Running to the NBA

Speaking of Sports, I’m Bill Savanson from Chicago. There is an exodus(1) of college basketball players leaving their respective(2)colleges early going off to the NBA. Why is this happening? Because the kids wanna get some cash. If the NCAA in Indianapolis isn’t looking at the last couple of days and seeing all these kids basically just running to the NBA, then they’re blind. These players are tired of working for free. And I don’t want to hear the college education thing... Alright, these college coaches will stay out of school for a year like Buzz Peterson at Tulsa and go take that multi-million dollar deal at Tennessee. Meanwhile the guys who helped them get that job at Tulsa are sitting there not even able to have a paycheck (3). I think we have a major problem here. And I don’t have a problem with the players going off early to the NBA. We don’t know their particular family situations or the facts that they could help their family pay their bills. And even if it’t not in the NBA, it could be in another minor league or overseas someplace. But when these players watch these coaches leave and get big cash or stay and get a multi-million dollar extension and they’re not getting anything. How can that coach walk into that locker room or that practice or that weight room and look those players straight in the eye, “oh, thanks for making me a multimillionaire, hey we are going to cut practice short, because me and the kids are going out to the country club.” Meanwhile that kid will roll back to his cafeteria(4) and enjoy some great college dining room food. NCAA you’d better come up with something quick otherwise you’re going to lose kids left and right. This is one of the biggest exoduses we’ve ever seen.

When we’re looking for heroes in sports, how about Napoleon Coffman formerly of the Oakland raiders? He was set to make 2.5 million dollars this year and he walked away from his contract. He has retired to become a minister【牧师】. Now I’m not going to get religious on this commentary(5), but it is great to see someone follow their heart instead of following their paycheck.

Speaking of sports, I’m Bill Savanson from Chicago.


听音瓶颈词汇

1.exodus []n.成群外出
2.respective []adj.各自的
3.paycheck []n.支付薪金的支票
4.cafeteria []n.小餐厅；食堂
5.commentary []n.评论

听音高级短语

go off 离开；流失
be tired of 疲倦于
locker room 更衣室；衣物间
roll back 滚回；回到…
come up with 提出
left and right 到处
set to 准备；着手

听音超级句型

Have a problem with...
在…问题上有麻烦。

It is great to see someone follow their heart instead of following their paycheck.
很高兴看到有人为了他们的兴趣而非金钱去做事。