Where am I wrong? Football players at BYU don't get free tuition, books, board,

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Oct 15, 2018
8:40:54am

Iron Coug All-American

Where am I wrong? Football players at BYU don't get free tuition, books, board,

food, nutritionists, training, health care? They don't have academic advisers who put them in classes that best fit their schedules? They don't have private tutors to assist them with classes? This is not even discussing whether the athletes could even get into BYU based on academic merit without their physical gifts. There are a lot of perks here.

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Iron Coug

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Seeing kids have to make career choice changes in thier early 20’s emphasizes the value of a college scholarship. I just

SouthernBlueBlood All-American

10/15/18 7:09am

You realize you're throwing stones at Alabama from a glass house, right?

Left Shark Coug

10/15/18 7:16am

I know/ but it’s perception that they do it more than BYU football. I know basketball does it and I still think it’s

SouthernBlueBlood

10/15/18 7:19am

Every school does it. Kalani has done it. Bronco did it.

Left Shark Coug

10/15/18 7:26am

What? What makes you think I believe it doesn’t happen in other sports? Or at BYU? I think it shouldn’t be allowed that

SouthernBlueBlood

10/15/18 7:29am

Well, as long as you think they do something, who are we to doubt

Left Shark Coug

10/15/18 7:49am

I have no idea what you’re talking about at this point. Some others have pointed out that the premise of my OP is wrong.

SouthernBlueBlood

10/15/18 7:55am

Since 2015s, P5s no longer rescind scholarships for performance issues.

Everyman

10/15/18 7:49am

So SBB should just be throwing stones at schools like BYU.

Left Shark Coug

10/15/18 7:58am

Do me a HUGE FAVOR and ignore my posts. I’ve got no clue where you’re coming from or what the heck you’re talking about.

SouthernBlueBlood

10/15/18 8:00am

Your OP. Do you not even know what you wrote?

Left Shark Coug

10/15/18 8:32am

P5 Scholarship's can't be taken away due to 'poor playing'

TheLost

10/15/18 7:49am

I didn’t know this. Good to hear

SouthernBlueBlood

10/15/18 7:52am

Ridiculous. Academic scholarships can be taken away for poor academic

Iron Coug

10/15/18 8:02am

I was wrong in the OP - you can’t take away scholarships for poor play. I still think you shouldn’t be able to though in

SouthernBlueBlood

10/15/18 8:05am

I think it's different because the athlete is making the school money

memento

10/15/18 8:09am

Good point and on the field varies greatly based on the next batch of recruiting.

SouthernBlueBlood

10/15/18 8:12am

A poorly performing athlete is not making the school money. And even if he/she

Iron Coug

10/15/18 8:16am

P5s can't do it. BYU and the G5s aren't P5.

Left Shark Coug

10/15/18 8:34am

I think your view has a lot to do with putting athletes on pedestals and little

Iron Coug

10/15/18 8:35am

Your interpretation of 'student athlete' life is way over-glorified.

TheLost

10/15/18 8:20am

Where am I wrong? Football players at BYU don't get free tuition, books, board,

Iron Coug

10/15/18 8:40am

Your making it sound more glamorous than it is.

TheLost

10/15/18 9:42am

You lost me at "mandatory naps."

Iron Coug

10/15/18 10:29am

Its a real thing

TheLost

10/15/18 10:53am

I believe you.

Iron Coug

10/15/18 11:28am

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