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Oct 24, 2014
11:28:02am

garyfan

What players do with the free education is up to them.

Of course many squander the opportunity, with the help and encouragement of their coaches.

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garyfan

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What college football players already get from their universities:

garyfan

10/24/14 11:13am

What about those stars who get injured and never get an NFL paycheck?

SandYFan

10/24/14 11:14am

RE: What about those stars who get injured and never get an NFL paycheck?

garyfan

10/24/14 11:15am

1. Believe what you want. 2. Star players who get injured during their senior

SandYFan

10/24/14 11:18am

If you ignore many of the things they actually get,

garyfan

10/24/14 11:21am

I think Luke Staley would disagree with you on these points

g$

10/24/14 11:22am

Of course. He's far from objective (understandably).

garyfan

10/24/14 11:24am

So screw those guys. If you increased university revenue by millions of dollars

SandYFan

10/24/14 11:23am

Of course I have sympathy.

garyfan

10/24/14 11:26am

What overhaul? All we would need to do is give players a percentage of the

SandYFan

10/24/14 11:30am

The ramifications that would have on college football are more profound than

garyfan

10/24/14 11:33am

Hopefully they didn't major in playing football.

BYUBandfan

10/24/14 11:16am

Per many on CB, #6 isn't occurring at BYU

fan_byu

10/24/14 11:17am

6. World-class firesides

garyfan

10/24/14 11:17am

(1.) Signed, UNC

uberslacker

10/24/14 11:23am

What players do with the free education is up to them.

garyfan

10/24/14 11:28am

CTE.

Blue Cat

10/24/14 11:26am

Not to mention the business networking and opportunity benefits as well.

BYUtka

10/24/14 11:28am

Quite true. A classmate of mine in law school was able to

BrutusBuckeye

10/24/14 11:38am

I think this HUGE perk is often overlooked.

BYUtka

10/24/14 11:52am

It could almost be characterized as deferred compensation, as opposed to

hansel

10/24/14 11:53am

Agree, but what does the University get from the players?

zuxvon

10/24/14 11:44am

RE: Agree, but what does the University get from the players?

garyfan

10/24/14 11:52am

Yes, it is a significant benefit to have a scholarship

zuxvon

10/24/14 1:23pm

RE: Yes, it is a significant benefit to have a scholarship

garyfan

10/24/14 1:28pm

True, but this is America

zuxvon

10/24/14 1:37pm

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