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Posted Wednesday May 21, 2008, About: Big 12 wants fifth year for football

sportsfan,
I agree with you, whether you are serious or not. I say let colleges go legit with athletic degree programs. Lots of finance, general bidness, speech, whatever might help them in their chosen vocation of professional athletics. Maybe not as a player. Maybe an agent, maybe a trainer, whatever. But allow them to gain an education targeted at their vocational choice. Engineering is a vocation, architecture is a vocation, teaching is a vocation, why not allow athletics to be a vocation as well? That's why some of them are there.

Posted Wednesday May 21, 2008, About: Big 12 wants fifth year for football

So much angst. Looks to me like if a kid is going to stay at his school for five years to graduate, why not be eligible to play for all those five years, instead of the whole redshirt / burning a redshirt mess? Let 'em stay in college up to five years, and they are eligible every one of those years to play ball. College football players sometimes have issues with not wanting to redshirt, so under this proposal, they wouldn't have to sit out. If they are in college, they can play.

The biggest issue I see is that it is only being proposed for football.

And it has been estimated that it would cost each school about $750K to play five instead of four.

Posted Thursday May 15, 2008, About: UConn, KU, Minn. chase recruit

Boys' Town is in Omaha, NE, where Self recently spoke. During his speech, one of the Boys' Town athletes passed out on his feet and had to be carried off the stage. Self handled it well, as usual. Funny incident.

Posted Tuesday March 25, 2008, About: Ga. Tech's new coach airs it out

I like Johnson. He was rumored to be a candidate for the Husker opening, though I don't know if he ever spoke to Osborne. I understand he ran a passing offense before coaching Navy. Husker fans concerns were not with his offensive mind, but rather with who he could hire that would build a better defense than he has historically fielded. Good luck to Johnson and GT.

Posted Friday March 21, 2008, About: Buckeyes have Pryor concerns

Sorry for the dupe. It's my first post here.

Posted Friday March 21, 2008, About: Buckeyes have Pryor concerns

I understand he has inconvenienced schools that were holding a scholarship for him, but that is their choice. Where does it say he has to sign on signing day? And why does it suggest he is arrogant if he doesn't sign on signing day?

Posted Friday March 21, 2008, About: Buckeyes have Pryor concerns

I understand that he has inconvenienced schools that were waiting for him and holding a scholarship, but where does it say that a player has to sign on signing day? I don't think waiting to choose and sign is any indicator or his ego, in and of itself. No doubt he has sky-high confidence, but who can hold that against him?

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