Re: The religion of football

Posted by PdL (A) on February 17, 2005 at 05:22:12

In Reply to: Re: The religion of football posted by Gee LP on February 16, 2005 at 22:55:09:

Interesting comments - I have had similar experiences. One summer during college I worked at a good sized University in my home town. (The University is part of the Big East conference.) Among the summer help were a handful of recently-recruited football players who had to work in order to satisfiy their athletic scholarships. These kids were just out of high school, but displayed peaking and comprehension skills of (about) a 7th grader. It was quite clear that their athletic prowess had allowed them to breeze through school without doing much academically. And if they panned out as solid football players, they would most likely skate through college as well. Then if they don't make it to the NFL (which only a couple do annually at this school,) they are in for a huge shock when they graduate and have to find employment.

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Topic - Friday Night Lights - jamesgarvin 08:23:15 02/16/05 (13)

In reading all of the posts on this topic, . . . - townsend 16:17:04 02/17/05 (1)

Re: In reading all of the posts on this topic, . . . - jamesgarvin 05:34:27 02/18/05 (0)

Re: The religion of football - Gee LP 22:55:09 02/16/05 (3)

Your comments remind me of "Coach Carter"... - mkuller 19:47:16 02/18/05 (0)

Re: The religion of football - PdL 05:22:12 02/17/05 (1)

Re: Huge shock - Gee LP 14:24:38 02/17/05 (0)

The book is much better and there are significant differences between the real story and the movie. - sjb 11:28:16 02/16/05 (5)

Well, one shouldn't compare apples and oranges. How - tinear 17:03:12 02/16/05 (2)

Re: Well, one shouldn't compare apples and oranges. How - sjb 07:38:54 02/17/05 (0)

Re: Well, one shouldn't compare apples and oranges. How - jamesgarvin 06:26:19 02/17/05 (0)

Re: The book is much better and there are significant differences between the real story and the movie. - jamesgarvin 14:58:19 02/16/05 (1)

Re: The book is much better and there are significant differences between the real story and the movie. - sjb 07:37:12 02/17/05 (0)

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