a positive for football players. And I'm certainly not saying that they shouldn't get married if that is what they want to do but it takes a very tolerant wife for a football player, and I'm sure any other college athlete, to be able to keep up the same level of commitment to their sport as they do when single.

And I don't want to put this all on the wives because the guys are making the choice to enter a marriage but I think what happens is many of these girls want to marry athletes, they're "famous", good looking, in shape, have potential to be wealthy, etc. but they really don't realize how committed the guys have to be to maintain their level of performance. Then once they are married they want their husband with them all of the time and not spending 8 hours a day working out, practicing, and doing what he needs to do to be an athlete.

They're jealous of the time commitment. They're sitting at home by themselves and he is at the practice facility, or the gym, or on the road for games, etc. Plus he has to spend time studying when he isn't working out, practicing, traveling, and all the other stuff he has to do for the sport. They are newly married and want to be with their husband all of the time. I know a couple of guys going through this right now and it isn't easy on them.