It's the annual debate. How high should you draft a running back? Two stand out above all else in 2022. Also, inside: Why speed is in the eye of the beholder.
Bob, it is great that you are remembering these scouts that have passed on. Seeing as you have been doing this for 38 years many are your contemporaries that I am guessing imparted alot of opinions for you.
Well, as per the nfl exec deriding the lack of education for the athletes "graduating" or at least leaving school...up until NIL this was just schools using kids to make money without actually giving them anything in return. And I'm sure NIL will settle down and most kids won't even get minimum wage out of it. Exploitation at it's finest.
Keep reading this all over social media. Saying it over and over doesn't make it true. Plenty of even D-I athletes have received solid degrees & educations. Was the system perfect? Of course not, and no doubt some schools have abused this, or perhaps many have abused it with a few athletes. But the idea that 'none' of them every received 'anything' is nonsense that needs to stop.
I've never contended, nor have I seen anyone contend, that nobody gets anything of value from being a scholarship athlete. I do contend that requiring a minimum level of accomplishment in the classroom should be a minimum requirement of colleges and universities for their athletes...as it should be for all of their students. It would be to their benefit. And yes, there are other benefits to going to college above and beyond either the education or the athletics.
Bob, it is great that you are remembering these scouts that have passed on. Seeing as you have been doing this for 38 years many are your contemporaries that I am guessing imparted alot of opinions for you.
Eddie Lacy must have been running after a double cheeseburger when he ran a 4.59.
SMH at the not being able to read, after 4/5 years in college.
If a player doesn't read well, how is understanding the complexities of a playbook possible?
Well, as per the nfl exec deriding the lack of education for the athletes "graduating" or at least leaving school...up until NIL this was just schools using kids to make money without actually giving them anything in return. And I'm sure NIL will settle down and most kids won't even get minimum wage out of it. Exploitation at it's finest.
Keep reading this all over social media. Saying it over and over doesn't make it true. Plenty of even D-I athletes have received solid degrees & educations. Was the system perfect? Of course not, and no doubt some schools have abused this, or perhaps many have abused it with a few athletes. But the idea that 'none' of them every received 'anything' is nonsense that needs to stop.
I've never contended, nor have I seen anyone contend, that nobody gets anything of value from being a scholarship athlete. I do contend that requiring a minimum level of accomplishment in the classroom should be a minimum requirement of colleges and universities for their athletes...as it should be for all of their students. It would be to their benefit. And yes, there are other benefits to going to college above and beyond either the education or the athletics.