In the United States, a university education is a sacred element. A symbol of social status whereby certain families use a life’s savings to give their children opportunities they may not have enjoyed. four year old races they haunt the annual average of 9,300 dollars in public universities and rises to 32,000 in private institutions. And, although in the distance it seems like a good within everyone’s reach, it is not. Even less for an African-American population than in the 1990s and 2000s celebrated having been able to break the glass ceiling that the middle class represented for them without the need for any social springboard. Thus, it can be understood that graduation is a high point in the lives of these young people. Even if they are millionaire NBA players. A few weeks ago Chris Paul paid a visit to North Carolina to graduate from Winston-Salem State University with a degree in mass communication. Paul resumed his studies in 2020, enjoying a special day with his family dressed in the red cap and gown of the university. The Suns point guard wanted the day to take place as normally as possible, but the presence of the media revealed his failure. In a quick interview for ESPNCP3 acknowledged having been marked by the graduation of Vince Carter in 2001 under the honors of the University of North Carolina.