Maturity in sports

It all comes down to maturity. The difference between why some can jump to the pros from high school and others spend 6 long years in college. We all grow up at different rates. It doesn't matter about talent or age. 

For examples we can look into the below athletes. They come from different backgrounds and upbringings.

1- Kobe -- The son of an NBA player. Kobe grew up around the game and all that come with it. The pros was part of life rather than a new life. 

2- Manziel -- A rich spoiled rotten prep kid from Texas. He has never been forced to change & grow up once. Instead he just needed to play the game of life until he left alone. 

3- Manning Boys -- Apart of the first family in the NFL the Manning boys are from a traditional southern football family. They grew up around the game because of their father. 

Just because these examples could make you believe that if you are not the son of a Pro you are doomed. This is not true. We all have our upbringing which leads to what preparation we need before our life's career. The Manning Boys had a similar raising to Kobe but they went to college and Kobe still had a rocky first 8 seasons due to maturity. 

Now all still need college but for different uses. Some use college to gain maturity, some for security in a degree and others just to learn/develop a specific skill. Regardless of who you are you still need a college of some kind. It's a development ground that's needed for all and there shouldn't be a way to bypass it for your career. It should be required before you enter your life's career. For some the pros are the development grounds for something past playing but that's very few. 

It's time we look deeper into this subject case by case.