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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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Re: Huge shock - Gee LP 14:24:38 02/17/05 (0)
And what is really sad is, if they do make it in the NFL, very few think about putting away their money and saving it and investing some of it for the future. There is a better chance of making and keeping really big money if one makes it in the NBA or baseball, but as your numbers show, how many students can realistically count on that happening? Not many.
I am in a political science class where last night the instructor reminded the students that "the one thing that can never be taken away from you is your education." For probably a third of the students, that instructor might as well have been talking to the wall. Youth and invulnerablity and all that. Oh well, I shouldn't point fingers. I felt the same way at 19 or 20. It's part of why I am back in school today!
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