Or, alternatively, we could try acknowledging that university teams are effectively the junior branch of the NFL (while minor league football exists, no one cares about it), pay their players appropriately and openly, etc. And stop with the silly requirement that the football players pretend to be students. Some, I'm sure, are really students, and more power to them. But I'll bet that the majority don't care about academics and would be glad to be done with the pretense.Frank Deford is that you?
He also donates to the B-School and he explains himself at the end. He grew up poor in a coal mining town and got out through a college football scholarship. He gives back for others to have the same opportunity. Not everyone has the academic skills to get a free ride. They may have the athletic skills. So fathom that.He's still an asshole.
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