He's Certainly Got a Type
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Here is the solution that should be formulated but never will be: Form a minor league for football just like their is in baseball and hockey. MLB and NHL teams must pay for and support their minor league system, the NBA at least has its developmental league. All the players in those leagues get paid something. Why shouldn't the NFL support a minor league system? Why should they use the colleges as a free minor league?
Is the UFL supposed to sort of be a minor league for the NFL?
Why should a player be forced to attend college for 3 years before being eligible for a pro career. If they say they can't join the NFL for three years, put them into their own developmental league out of HS for that period. They would at least be getting the training in the trade they want to pursue, and not have to be reading Shakespeare or dissecting frogs if they didn't want to.
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There's just over 200 athlete's that get drafted and probably not even half of them are in the league after 2-3 years. Its the university's job to prepare these kids for life without football because 90% of them are not playing in the NFL. I find it crazy that they actually tell a kid it would be in his best interest to leave school for the NFL. Coaches and AD's encourage kids to leave without a degree, there's a problem with that. Even if there projected to be a first round pick, how many of them bust?...alot
nmills said:
There's just over 200 athlete's that get drafted and probably not even half of them are in the league after 2-3 years. Its the university's job to prepare these kids for life without football because 90% of them are not playing in the NFL. I find it crazy that they actually tell a kid it would be in his best interest to leave school for the NFL. Coaches and AD's encourage kids to leave without a degree, there's a problem with that. Even if there projected to be a first round pick, how many of them bust?...alotI don't think players are encouraged all that often. I think they are discouraged more often than not. Now whether it is concern for the education or concern for the football program can be debated at another time.
I think by and large any that are given the blessing should leave. If you have a chance to cash in on the NFL gravy train you do it IMO.
Life is a funny deal.....you never know what tomorrow holds. The kid doesn't cash in and next year he gets racked and can't play anymore or play at a diminished level, it's like knowing you have the winning lotto ticket and flushing it down the toilet.
The time for sports is limited. The window opens, and then closes. The time to educate yourself lasts as long as your mind holds out.
I am all for getting educated, but you can't ignore money either.
I'll be honest. I didn't go to school to get educated. I went so I could get a job that paid well enough to support the lifestyle I wanted to lead.
I suppose it would be kind of cool to be a renaissance man who can identify the great works by the Dutch masters, quote Shakespeare and Voltaire, and write papers on quantum physics, but in the end, I am glad I took the money.
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nmills said:
There's just over 200 athlete's that get drafted and probably not even half of them are in the league after 2-3 years. Its the university's job to prepare these kids for life without football because 90% of them are not playing in the NFL. I find it crazy that they actually tell a kid it would be in his best interest to leave school for the NFL. Coaches and AD's encourage kids to leave without a degree, there's a problem with that. Even if there projected to be a first round pick, how many of them bust?...alotI don't think players are encouraged all that often. I think they are discouraged more often than not. Now whether it is concern for the education or concern for the football program can be debated at another time.
I think by and large any that are given the blessing should leave. If you have a chance to cash in on the NFL gravy train you do it IMO.
Life is a funny deal.....you never know what tomorrow holds. The kid doesn't cash in and next year he gets racked and can't play anymore or play at a diminished level, it's like knowing you have the winning lotto ticket and flushing it down the toilet.
The time for sports is limited. The window opens, and then closes. The time to educate yourself lasts as long as your mind holds out.
I am all for getting educated, but you can't ignore money either.
I'll be honest. I didn't go to school to get educated. I went so I could get a job that paid well enough to support the lifestyle I wanted to lead.
I suppose it would be kind of cool to be a renaissance man who can identify the great works by the Dutch masters, quote Shakespeare and Voltaire, and write papers on quantum physics, but in the end, I am glad I took the money.
I don't think players are encouraged all that often. I think they are discouraged more often than not. Now whether it is concern for the education or concern for the football program can be debated at another time.
I think by and large any that are given the blessing should leave. If you have a chance to cash in on the NFL gravy train you do it IMO.
Its there right to go for the money if they want but it shouldn't be the coach's or anyone involved in the NCAA that should be encouraging them to do so.
Life is a funny deal.....you never know what tomorrow holds. The kid doesn't cash in and next year he gets racked and can't play anymore or play at a diminished level, it's like knowing you have the winning lotto ticket and flushing it down the toilet.
They already have a winning ticket...a free education.....The injury story is irrelevant to me that can happen anytime. Even with that, Sam Bradford got injured and he was the #1 overall pick.
The time for sports is limited. The window opens, and then closes. The time to educate yourself lasts as long as your mind holds out.
Cant argue with that
I am all for getting educated, but you can't ignore money either.
Getting educated usually leads to money, the majority of guys dont play ball for a living
I'll be honest. I didn't go to school to get educated. I went so I could get a job that paid well enough to support the lifestyle I wanted to lead.
Thats the point of getting an education. You went to school to get educated in a field that will earn you better pay than the average joe.
I suppose it would be kind of cool to be a renaissance man who can identify the great works by the Dutch masters, quote Shakespeare and Voltaire, and write papers on quantum physics, but in the end, I am glad I took the money.
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Thats the point of getting an education. You went to school to get educated in a field that will earn you better pay than the average joe.
But that was for me and maybe for you.
I can only speak for myself, but I wasn't able to be a top baseball player,that was my sport, though I did play some college ball.
If I had, things might have been different.
The point is it isn't up to us to determine what is important and what isn't for other people.
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