Plantation loses another slave

ok, i know, i went overboard.  Terrelle Pryor is not a slave. but, everyone knows that NCAA football (esp div 1, 1a, 2) are to the NFL what the minor leagues are to baseball.  Only the football players dont get paid, and the minor leaguers get paid.  of course, football players get an education....sure.  If they can handle academics, if they dont get injured.

Look at the rosters of the NFL - they list the colleges of the players, not that they graduated, but they "attended." of course some graduate, but i can tell you what the average chance of graduating is for NCAA football players (less than 50%) and the chance they will play in the NFL (less than 5%).

Majority of college football players dont graduate, dont play for the NFL, and deal with injuries the rest of their lives.

So Terrelle is out, after getting free tattoos in exchange for signed jerseys, and cashed in bowl rings.  and he wont graduate.  If the NFL ever settles the strike he will play, eventually, and make millions.  of course, those millions will have to stay with him for life - what else can he do?

There should be a category of football teams in the NCAA that have paid players, say, maybe 75 programs.  the top programs.  i dont know how to select them.  maybe ask for applications?  have separate rules for paid NCAA players and their colleges?

who makes money off college football players?  the colleges, the networks, stock owners, advertisers.  the colleges also get additional applications, more contributions from alumni.  the only people not making money are the players, and half of them dont even get a degree.

I mean come on, a black football player, with injuries, doesnt get drafted by NFL, maybe does graduate with a degree in fitness, or sports, or health or something - what kind of job does he get?  Black man with a vague college degree, has some injuries, "football player" type, good luck.

My eldest son once had a biology professor tell him to change his major from biology, because biology is a hard major - he knew my son played football, soooooo, dumb football player, change your major, to something simple that you dumb football players can learn......thats how they are treated.

At Slippery Rock University we just had couple of players drafted by NFL, we also have a coach with a PhD, he is a tenured professor, and a graduation rate higher than average, over 65% (which is good).  SRU is division II football, which means the players are really student athletes.  and we have had some really talented players.  and they are really good students too.

but with Ohio State and D-I football, the competition is fierce, Jim Tressel has to recruit nationwide, has to keep his players, has to get to bowl games, generate lots of income for the univ, it is very big business, and he has run a clean program except for some free tattoos,  i mean come on,  - why doesnt jim apologize, take a cut in pay or something, and get on with the next season.  BTW, i think Terrell needs another year before going in draft - couldnt he apologize, get the tattoo burned off, maybe miss a couple games, and get on with his life.  maybe he could even stay at OSU long enough to graduate.

I KNOW i could get some grad students, have them brainstorm, and come up with a better arrangement than exists now for these semi pro players.  As it is, its a sham, phoney.  Lets fix this!

and Jim Tressel is welcome to coach at SRU as soon as our coach retires.  and Terrell could play out his final eligbility at SRU, we'd love to have him - he has political science major written all over him.