again changing the argument. First it was there was no way to get into the NFL except by college. when that didn't work you had to change your argument to drafted.
I haven't changed a thing. You are struggling to comprehend the English language.
all of this goes back to your original argument that college ball is set up to take advantage. 1. Its not the only option.
Yes it is. Coming up with fewer than 10 examples, in the history of the sport, of guys who made the NFL without playing college football is a painfully dumb argument. You have a better chance of being struck by lightning.
2. Its completely optional.
No it isn't.
3. and they are very fairly compensated.
Again I will ask:
If your employer came to you and told you that, in lieu of a salary, you will be paid with an education in a totally unrelated field, would you take it?
do you have a problem with the military offering scholarships for service? thats a hell of a lot more dangerous and a bigger commitment and the military gets a heck of a lot more out of it than football ever will.
Are we talking an ROTC scholarship pre-service, or something like a GI Bill scholarship post-service?
If the former: no. In that case, you're going to school to pursue a career in the military.
If the latter: no. In that case, the military has compensated you with a salary, and the scholarship is an incentive. UPS also has a really stellar education benefit that I also see no problem with. But you still get paid with actual US currency, and the education is an added benefit.
how does the bold make sense to you? they are getting taken advantage of by a school that doesn't profit from it? in most of the small school cases they would be better off without football. (financially)
and ten percent of NFL is a pretty significant number, considering as you argue there is no other option.
Whether or not the school manages to run a successful athletic program is irrelevant as to whether a kid is fairly compensated for his efforts.
And what you are still having a stunningly difficult time grasping is this simple fact:
Whether a kid went to a Power 5 school, or a mid-major, or a lower division program, if his chosen career goal is to play in the NFL, he is being compensated with an education that is irrelevant to that goal.
I am all for a kid using sports as a vehicle for getting his education. If Josh Dobbs were to decide that he wants to be an astronaut rather than play in the NFL, then awesome. He used his talents to pay for a relevant education. If he makes his living playing football, then his diploma is little more than a fancy piece of paper. Whether the NFL or the ISS is in his future, he will have spent 4 years making money for the University of Tennessee, and he will have received only a fraction of his personal value in return.
