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I really don't have a problem with what the sports agent did. He thought he was helping a fellow human being who would in turn establish a professional relationship based on mutual interest and trust. Yes, he broke an NCAA rule but did not do anything terribly immoral.

My issue is with the so called Amateur Athletes who aspire to become professionals.

The way they have learned to use the system to get free stuff is indicative of their lack of character.

They have an opportunity to use the free college education to build some kind of foundation which will serve them well in the future as adults.

Instead they choose to take the low road. It is no wonder that many of them turn out to be less than exemplary role models.

Fifty or more years ago, a sportsman graduated college and then went on to play professional ball. They also went on to start a family and build businesses to sustain them in the future.

Today, that example is found only in the exceptions to the normal way of doing things. How many Professional Athletes are there who even go back to college after they turn Professional and get a four year degree like Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys?

I really don't have a problem with what the sports agent did. He thought he was helping a fellow human being who would in turn establish a professional relationship based on mutual interest and trust. Yes, he broke an NCAA rule but did not do anything terribly immoral.

The guy is an immoral scum bag that knew exactly what he was doing, and chose to make it a career. He is one of life's bad men.

They have an opportunity to use the free college education to build some kind of foundation which will serve them well in the future as adults. Instead they choose to take the low road.

How are they choosing the low road by taking a job with the NFL and using their God given talents to make millions? Is there more honor in a math whiz becoming a quant for JPMorgan Chase?

My issue is with the so called Amateur Athletes who aspire to become professionals. The way they have learned to use the system to get free stuff is indicative of their lack of character.

While their Division I coaches have fatter pay checks than half the professors combined and the schools collect millions from their TV contracts. I recall Dr. Thomas Starzel at Pitt who pioneered liver transplants that have saved thousands of lives made about 30% of what the head football coach made. I'm a 'market oriented' kind of guy, but something is not right with that. College sports is out of whack because of the big TV revenues.

Even for a 'dumb jock' the hypocracy of big time NCAA sports stands out like a sore thumb. They know they are being used and abused.