But do they really go to school? Wazzu is a small school but football players have maybe 10-2 to be able to attend classes. It’s mostly glorified online school if you’re a football or basketball player.
The term student athlete was just a word made up by Walter Byers to avoid having to pay workers comp to injured athletes.
You sure? Obviously I don’t attend anymore but from everything I’ve heard it’s not remotely the same. Which makes sense cause back in the day football and basketball games were on the same schedule instead of random days or times
at this point, why not.
Cause there is a tight rope colleges and the NFL have to walk. Colleges like the football revenue and the NFL likes the free training. There is nothing stopping these football players from playing pro football they just get more exposure, better training and better pipeline to the NFL instead of the UFL or whatever that league is called now or Canada.
You mean besides the CBA between the NFLPA and the NFL, right? The agreement says no athlete may be signed by an NFL team until three school years after high school graduation. The courts upheld that with their Maurice Clarett ruling. Why? Because it was part of the collective bargaining agreement. Would today's courts rule the same way? I doubt it.
There is more pro football than the NFL. It’s no different than some HS basketball and baseball players have gone overseas to play professionally until they are eligible to go to the NBA or MLB. A HS player who wants to play pro can apply for a temporary Canadian citizenship and play in the CFL at 18. But of course they won’t cause they want to use college football to get to pros the same as colleges use their football players.
Anyone think as a society that we place too much emphasis and value on sports?
Not Me!
