literally cannot believe what i just read in this thread

kid got destroyed

Ignorant as fuck.

You have been feeding what Richard Sherman was saying. A lot of athletes don't take the rigorous degrees in engineering, math, pre-med, etc.. Because there is no time to put in 30-40+ hours a week studying, as well as 30-40+ hours a week practicing football..

not smart enough =/= not enough time

ah, but those students who are working 30+ hours a week to pay for things like, books, tuition, meals plans, etc don't deserve stipends?

bottom line is the 30-40 hours a week (i know there's an actual number somewhere and i don't think it's close to this for atheltics and what they are allowed to do) is their "job"

it affords them a meal plan, their books and their classes

richard sherman can go fuck himself and pay for college himself if he doesn't like it

The difference is - working behind a register or serving tables isn't physically demanding. You're not drained from energy, and then have to go home and study for 6+ hours on top of it.

Most of my buddies feel my university treats them like "slaves (actually they use the hard R but I don't want to be banned)".

I don't think they should get paid something absurd. But I think either reducing the amount of practice required, or paying them something like 5-10k a semester shouldn't be out of the question.

— Football players in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-A) said they spent an average of 44.8 hours a week on their sport — playing games, practicing, training and in the training room — compared with a little less than 40 hours on academics.Jan 12, 2008

very dated, but i'm not about to get into the research now (i'm about to walk out of the office)

you show me a job on the planet that an 18 year old college student is qualified for that works 45 hours a week that affords that person college tuition, books, and a meal plan

not to mention that that's more than likely during the season, off season those guys do half that shit tops lol

Itt: scholarships for high grades don't exist


Because this is jsp where nobody could do it lmfao.

Off-season is even more rigorous. Ever heard of 2-a-days?

Here was my buddies schedule at the University of Arkansas when I attended in 2011-2012.

6 am - up at the football stadium by 7 and dressed, ready to go. Normally it's briefing/tape review from 7:00-8:45. Let out to eat Breakfast. 9:00-12 class. 12-1 lunch. 1 to 3pm is class. 3:30-6:30 practice. 6-7 dinner. This was Monday-Friday. Saturday was strictly tape review from 8-12 am. Sunday was light-work outs. They had 8 am to 4pm to show up with their trainer to do their work outs. Wasn't a set time, but they got in trouble if they skipped. This is during the fall.

Spring/Summer training was even more hectic. All the tape review was normally replaced with drills/work-outs.

He was drafted by the Lions in the third this year (Travis Swanson).