Whew, the storm is brewing in the aftermath of the Univeristy of Miami news blast!
The most amusing rip job (click to go there) I've read so far is from writer Dan Wetzel, who spews considerable venom from the perspective that everyone who has a hand in running college football makes money, so the players are getting screwed, so it's understandable that these things happen.
If that sounds like an unfinished symphony to you, welcome to my party.
Yes, there could be some more money channeled to the players, who ostensibly are in school to get a college degree while they play football. Practically, a lot of these players are simply and blatantly using college football as a training ground and an extended audition for a Sunday job. They are not students beyond what is technically required to have them be "qualified" as such.
Further, a number of the chaps who don the colors on Saturday afternoons seem to have rather exceptional requirements and expectations of "college life" vis-a-vis your average college student, and these "needs" are being offered as more the norm than the exception.
Thousands of young men (and women) across the country hone their respective skills at their chosen sport in university settings. Many of them receive some combination of tuition, room and board, and a stipend in return. Many others get partial tuition grants. Many, many more get nothing beyond the joy of competition.
I won't go through the list of examples of those schools, sports and athletes who appear to be quite happy with the rewards, financial and otherwise, that are gained legitimately according to the rules as they exist that govern college athletics. Suffice it to say that the list is very, very long.
To try to legitimize head-hunter bounty payoffs, hooker parties and club nights as meeting the needs of "student/athletes" is demeaning to everyone who has ever performed as a college athlete. The system and the rules may need to be revised, but that doesn't justify supplying hookers, liquor and cash to keep the gridiron gang happy. These behaviors have happened, are happening, and will continue to happen. The administrators, the coaches and the players know what the game is: get as much as you can for as long as you can and hope you don't get caught.
Memories are fleeting. What was it that Jim Tressel and the Ohio State players were doing that got them all chased off? Oh, yeah...the players sold some of their swag and the coach knew about it.
How competitive can they expect to be without hooker parties?
BTW, the Hurricanes are 5 1/2 point favorites in their Monday night opener, September 5, at Maryland.
The most amusing rip job (click to go there) I've read so far is from writer Dan Wetzel, who spews considerable venom from the perspective that everyone who has a hand in running college football makes money, so the players are getting screwed, so it's understandable that these things happen.
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If that sounds like an unfinished symphony to you, welcome to my party.
Yes, there could be some more money channeled to the players, who ostensibly are in school to get a college degree while they play football. Practically, a lot of these players are simply and blatantly using college football as a training ground and an extended audition for a Sunday job. They are not students beyond what is technically required to have them be "qualified" as such.
Further, a number of the chaps who don the colors on Saturday afternoons seem to have rather exceptional requirements and expectations of "college life" vis-a-vis your average college student, and these "needs" are being offered as more the norm than the exception.
Thousands of young men (and women) across the country hone their respective skills at their chosen sport in university settings. Many of them receive some combination of tuition, room and board, and a stipend in return. Many others get partial tuition grants. Many, many more get nothing beyond the joy of competition.
I won't go through the list of examples of those schools, sports and athletes who appear to be quite happy with the rewards, financial and otherwise, that are gained legitimately according to the rules as they exist that govern college athletics. Suffice it to say that the list is very, very long.
To try to legitimize head-hunter bounty payoffs, hooker parties and club nights as meeting the needs of "student/athletes" is demeaning to everyone who has ever performed as a college athlete. The system and the rules may need to be revised, but that doesn't justify supplying hookers, liquor and cash to keep the gridiron gang happy. These behaviors have happened, are happening, and will continue to happen. The administrators, the coaches and the players know what the game is: get as much as you can for as long as you can and hope you don't get caught.
Memories are fleeting. What was it that Jim Tressel and the Ohio State players were doing that got them all chased off? Oh, yeah...the players sold some of their swag and the coach knew about it.
How competitive can they expect to be without hooker parties?
BTW, the Hurricanes are 5 1/2 point favorites in their Monday night opener, September 5, at Maryland.
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