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Transfer portal and NIL Money, how they have changed college sports".
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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1031495" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>So let me get this right. What you are trying to say, in a round about way, is this? </p><p></p><p>"Your average D1 athlete isn't very bright and thus should be paid to play football at a University. Why even go through the motions of pretending they are getting an education. An education that, even if they get it, won't do them a thing later in life."</p><p></p><p>So let me ask you this. In a situation prior to NIL Money, when "Joe or Jane Dumb Jock" leaves the educational system at 16 or 18 via dropping out of H.S., graduating from H.S., getting their GED, what would you suggest is a good life path for them to pursue? College Sports sounds like a dead end for them, since it will make them no money and provide them with nothing but a "soft" education. What should they do?</p><p></p><p>Yes, I am angry and being passive aggressive here. Why? Because frankly put, I am so tired of the "dumb jock" stereotype that some people use. Tired of it being used as a reason for NIL to be just fine. Tired of it being attached to student athletes, as a general "yeah, they might be athletic, but they sure aren't as bright as the rest of us."</p><p></p><p>Some athletes choose ATHLETICS as their career path. Their hope is to make a career out of it and college is the next stepping stone to try and do it. Some athletes know that after college, their odds of being a professional in their sport is slim to none, yet they still except a scholarship to a University to further their education, while still pursing their athletic passion. Then you have every athlete that falls somewhere between those 2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 1031495, member: 7261"] So let me get this right. What you are trying to say, in a round about way, is this? "Your average D1 athlete isn't very bright and thus should be paid to play football at a University. Why even go through the motions of pretending they are getting an education. An education that, even if they get it, won't do them a thing later in life." So let me ask you this. In a situation prior to NIL Money, when "Joe or Jane Dumb Jock" leaves the educational system at 16 or 18 via dropping out of H.S., graduating from H.S., getting their GED, what would you suggest is a good life path for them to pursue? College Sports sounds like a dead end for them, since it will make them no money and provide them with nothing but a "soft" education. What should they do? Yes, I am angry and being passive aggressive here. Why? Because frankly put, I am so tired of the "dumb jock" stereotype that some people use. Tired of it being used as a reason for NIL to be just fine. Tired of it being attached to student athletes, as a general "yeah, they might be athletic, but they sure aren't as bright as the rest of us." Some athletes choose ATHLETICS as their career path. Their hope is to make a career out of it and college is the next stepping stone to try and do it. Some athletes know that after college, their odds of being a professional in their sport is slim to none, yet they still except a scholarship to a University to further their education, while still pursing their athletic passion. Then you have every athlete that falls somewhere between those 2. [/QUOTE]
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