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Jabari Parker, a 17-year old junior in Chicago has been touted as the next LeBron James. Sports Illustrated has him on their cover, and has discussed his choice to serve a mission, as well as other high-profile athletes that have/have not served missions. Jabari says there is more to his life than basketball: his faith is very important to him. Notable Athletes who Served a missionShawn Bradley -12 year NBA Career Chad Lewis – 9 year NFL Career
Notable Athletes who did not serveSteve Young – NFL Hall of Famer Danny Ainge – NBA great
Jimmer Fredette – rookie with Sacramento Kings
Judging from the two lists, athletes who did not serve have had better pro careers. Do you have any advice for Jabari?
To Jabari: have a great mission. To the others: don’t feel guilty. There will be other opportunities along the way.
Mike from Milton.
Follow the dictates of your own conscience. Period. If you can get a multimillion dollar deal to play on Sundays and skip a mission…take the deal. Btw, fantastic article in Sports Illustrated. I highly recommend it. In this article Danny Ainge was quoted as saying, ‘every young man should prepare for a mission but not every young man should go on one.’ Sounds like someone told him playing hoops was mission enough. personally, if it came to playing basketball or going on a mission I know which one I would choose, hint, it doesn’t involve knocking on doors. Jabari, Lebron… who inflicts these names on children? Anyway, I digress. I’d say he should go for it, if he wishes it. After all he could have a sporting career, get an injury early and that would be cut short. Going on the mission gives him the chance of a sporting career, but it doesn’t work the other way round.
Quote:Notable Athletes who Served a mission
Shawn Bradley -12 year NBA Career
Chad Lewis – 9 year NFL Career
What about Sid Going, who is of INTERNATIONAL (as opposed to just national) sporting importance?
Sorry, I never heard of Sid going. Please expound. As mentioned in General Conference recently – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waJSMXZ_GXo Sporting record –
Quote:As mentioned in General Conference recently –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waJSMXZ_GXo Sporting record –
http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=324 The kid Will Hopoate in Australia has made big headlines Down Under by choosing to leave the Manly side right after winning the Grand Final (think Superbowl). He played a couple years professionally, and is now on a mission.
http://www.rleague.com/content/article.php?id=43414http://www.rleague.com/content/article.php?id=43414” class=”bbcode_url”> Yeah I’ve heard of him. NB – bear in mind rugby union and rugby league are different sports. (Sorry I have to point this out to Americans. And don’t ask me to explain the initricate differences. Just suffice to say, it’s a bit like American Football vs Canadian Football. Rugby league has always been professional, rugby union only professional since c. 1995.) Rugby union, i.e. what the All Blacks like Sid Going play, is the main sport of New Zealand. However, rugby league is popular amongst Maori and other Polynesians who coincidentally make up a fair proportion of NZ Mormons. In Australia, rugby league is the main code, not union, but Aussie Rules is the main code in the southern parts of Oz. (Whole different ball game.)
Talking of NZ, it turns out a number of international netballers and basketballers from there seem to be Mormon…
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