Chasing the Basketball Dream Frontline : Season 2 Episode 10
Not Rated PBS 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: April 23rd, 1984 @ 9:00 PM EST on PBS
Many young men, especially many poor blacks in the nation's cities, dream of making it big by playing basketball. Charlie Cobb looks at some who make it-and many who will not-and at many of the issues in high school and college sports today. College recruiters seek the best of them, promising an educations in exchange for play. But 75% never get a college degree because, as this film suggests, colleges are too busy with their big-time sports programs to be concerned with educating their players.