Posted on 01/02/2022 5:56:38 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard sparked a firestorm of criticism on Saturday for their public lamentations about some college football players choosing not to play in bowl games that have no consequence to the pursuit of a national championship. The pushback that they received for their antiquated thinking shows how far the mainstream attitudes have come when it comes to players with NFL prospects preserving their ability to finally get paid for their talents, abilities, and sacrifices.
But at least they were there for the four years. Now, you root for players you may very well be rooting against next year.
The transfer portal allows top players to be bought and sold during their college career.
And who wants to watch another round of Alabama-Georgia? BORING... CFB ought to be 2 divisions — SEC and everyone else.
Yeah, because universities (and even colleges) are supposed to be about EDUCATION, not big-team athletic competition...and I agree.
Most are not graduating, and without the piece of paper, the time in college is worth almost nothing.
Of the starters on the 1980 Georgia national championship team, only one player (the center) graduated.
I doubt things have changed much.
Sure, you can blame the players (and I do) for not taking advantage of their free education. Far too many think they are on the road to riches in the NFL.
But then, how many coaches encourage that attitude also? “You need to focus on football, that’s your future.”
It’s basically free agency for college. Not necessarily good for the game, but it gives players a chance to find a system that works for them.
I think you’re looking at this wrong. MOST student athletes do not receive a quality education for free, nothing is free and most importantly the majority of student athletes could not comprehend a quality education, it is not their forte.
Student athletes generate more value to the school than the cost of the mediocre education provided them or they are sent packing. Hell, I’ll concede for the sake of the argument that a student athlete with a good intellect, discipline and focus still provides more value to university than the cost. There’s a reason university athletic directors and some coaches are the highest paid university staff. Some coaches make more than the governor of the state.
I started college on a partial football scholarship back in 1973. The system was bad then and IMHO, it has only gotten worse. Are the recent changes appropriate?
Truthfully I’m still undecided about how I feel about them legally paying the student athlete other than to say it’s always been done in some form or another. At least now the university is transparent and doesn’t have to be clandestine and also only pay off certain players?!?!?!
Of course, the days of team spirit and loyalty are gone just like free agency killed team loyalty in the NFL while offering the players the opportunity to sell their services at market value. We must remember, athletes even the student ones are a commodity, right?
And at least it is not the “one and done” of college basketball.
Sucks for the fans though.
Yet.
Besides now more and more the NBA is getting their players from the Euro Leagues than US colleges.
Agreed.
You wouldn't know that by the current number of bowls....There are 44 bowl games, including the College Football Playoff and the national championship games.
With maybe the exception of wide receivers and a few running backs, most players need time at the college level to succeed in the NFL.
At lot of those bowl games feature mediocre teams with few players who will play in the NFL.
The SEC may have two teams playing each other in the final this year, but a lot of the other SEC teams were beaten soundly in their bowl games.
And the revenues from football for the top four universities range from $56 million for U. of Mich to Texas' $92 million.....
The top NFL prospects aren't in college for the education, they're there for the chance to get drafted. And the colleges don't care if they get educated or not, they just want them play and win.
Additionally, if a star athlete receives a career ending injury, the university has no obligation to keep him on scholarship and definitely no obligation to provide him with whatever post college medical care that may be required.
I just read a statistic that said that only 1.6% of college level players will get drafted into the NFL. And of those who do get drafted, how many are good enough to last in the NFL for a few years.
What's wrong with that?
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