I'm not sure I agree that it's "disgraceful"; the reason athletes get paid so much is pure economics. Nobody wants to pay more in taxes, so teachers won't get paid more. People erroneously demanding smaller class sizes also drives salaries down. Combine those problems with teachers unions and you have a sorry excuse for an education system and salaries to go with.
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I'm not sure I agree that it's "disgraceful"; the reason athletes get paid so much is pure economics. Nobody wants to pay more in taxes, so teachers won't get paid more. People erroneously demanding smaller class sizes also drives salaries down. Combine those problems with teachers unions and you have a sorry excuse for an education system and salaries to go with.
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This has been fun and informative so lets not get too stirred up with politics. 
Google "David Clyde".
We attended the same high school, he graduated a few years ahead of me. Sad story.
We attended the same high school, he graduated a few years ahead of me. Sad story.
Great point, Harry - I remember the David Clyde saga very well. Yep, it doesn't always work.
He was a nice guy, too.
This is the funniest post I've seen at B&B in a loooong time!
Funny funny or funy ironik?
Anyway, who cares how smart an athlete is. He's there to entertain. That's why I avoid actors talking about their craft. They generally don't have a clue what they're talking about (there are exceptions) and most don't have the guts to say what they really think about the piece they've acted in. "I knew when I read the script to Armageddon it was something special and that I just HAD to do it...."
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Especially with football. College is where most athletes really improve their skills and polish up to the point where they are salable to a team or franchise.
The stereotypical "failed pro athelete" is the guy who spent his teenage years as the star athelete of his small-town team, everyone said he'd be a star, and then he starts into the pros, gets on the fringes of this team and that team, "has a cup of coffee" with the majors, but has no back-up plan. By the age of 28 no team of note wants him, and by 35 he's pumpin' gas or flippin' burgers, mutterin' to himself about how he coulda been a contenda.
But that doesn't apply to everyone. A yound lad with a good head on his shoulders can take a crack at the majors, and treat it as an opportunity to sock away some "seed money" and maybe just maybe hit it big. The key is to have a realistic backup plan and exit strategy.
But that doesn't apply to everyone. A yound lad with a good head on his shoulders can take a crack at the majors, and treat it as an opportunity to sock away some "seed money" and maybe just maybe hit it big. The key is to have a realistic backup plan and exit strategy.
A guy I went to High School with a few years ago did that. We played football together but his real sport was baseball he was drafted out of high school received in the neighborhood of 800 grand signing bonus. He was injured around 20 and could no longer pitch, but he still had his money, he bought a home and started a business and is now doing very well.
Honestly, I've always found this argument silly, despite engaging in it many times myself over the years, because statistically it effects virtually no one. How many people even have the chance to do this? Very, very few. If these guys have the skill do it make some money you can get an education at any time. And it's a lot of easier if you can actually pay for it. I'm not saying people shouldn't opt for college, but it's an individual decision and one no amount of armchair quarterbacks will ever nor should ever solve.
IMHO this is/should be a no-brainer. Go to school first so you have a solid fallback. Accidents/injuries happen.
I agree, so many look to them as hero's or role models but so many are scum of the Earth who think they are above the law. The least the NHL, MLB, NBA, NFL etc. etc. could do is REQUIRE four years of college before being drafted. Teach our kids that education and life should mean more than Benjamins, big booty's and Cristal as are so often portrayed in the media.
I agree, so many look to them as hero's or role models but so many are scum of the Earth who think they are above the law. The least the NHL, MLB, NBA, NFL etc. etc. could do is REQUIRE four years of college before being drafted. Teach our kids that education and life should mean more than Benjamins, big booty's and Cristal as are so often portrayed in the media.
This is the funniest post I've seen at B&B in a loooong time!
What about injuries? A degree in EE is a great thing to fall back on if the pros don't work out.
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