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Originally Posted by Daseal
Don't get too sure about this. I watched quite a few Ohio State games when Clarette played, and I watched interviews of him recently. He's not here trying to make himself a martyr for other young, gifted players. He's trying to play. All he wants to do is play, and from what I've seen is completely motivated. You can say a bunch of bullshit about how staying in school and getting an education is what they need. Bullshit. These guys don't learn anything but football. You think staying in college till 3 years after HS is important. Let us look at a great ex-Redskin. Mr Dexter Manly. How did he get through college without the ability to read? I'm sure it's from that amazing education he received, for free, because he was such a great football player. At least he had a nice education to fall back on, right?
Check the pre-amble. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Which one of these three ideals are being kept from Maurice? I'll let you figure it out.
Exactly. Shouldn't these free educations be given to those kids that will use the education? Not someone who's going to go for 3 years and then join the NFL right away and never look back. If we let people like Clarett skip the football farms it saves taxpayers (schoolarships aren't free either) money, and let's kids that actually need the education have it.
Sports: I heard a rumor they were working for free to get exposure. Not sure if you can hold anything against a rumor. If not, you're right, he needs a job, and soon!
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Well daseal, for 2 guy's who disagree as much as we do politically, we sure think alike when it come to football.
The player's should be greatfull that these colleges give these ball player's an opportunity to make thousands even million's of dollar's?
Then why aren't they pushing for clarett? I will tell you why, they don't mind if a kid makes million's, so long as they have had an opportunity to milk his talent for as long as possible, so they can make thousand's off of him, as DW said and I have said before, these colleges could care less for these kid's, if they cared they wouldn't punish them if they deciede to come back to school after they may have signed with an agent, and the fact that they are disallowing william's to come back is garbage, I don't care what they told him before the NFL appealed, Clarett didn't play by the rules and was ostracized, william's did play by the rules, and now they are sticking it to him, to deter any one else from leaving.
Why does clarett need a supplemental draft? If he win's he could be a free agent, everyone in the NFL say's Clarett will go in the 4th rd., but aren't those the same guy's who said julius jones is the 6th maybe 7th best back in the draft? the kid in his freshman year was arguably the best back in the nation, and won a national title, this kid is a far better talent than lawerence phillip's could ever dream to be, does he have the head for it? Who know's? It look's like to me he really is not interested in school, and want's to make some money, if he's truly not ready for the NFL then why not let him enter the draft? nobody will draft him and he will have learned his lesson, so what's the big deal? I will tell you, he is ready for the NFL, and the last thing the NFL or colleges want is a successful 19 year old showing other's the way.
Joe R you said this kid will be bagging groceries, so I guess staying in college will land him on wall street, daseal's right save college for those who actually use it to thier advantage, these kid's are there for 1 reason only to make the college money, and save money on a farm league for the NFL, if a kid want's to realize his dream a little early, he should have that opportunity.
also Joe R. be careful how you talk about people who bag groceries, you could be refering to the next league and SB MVP! see Kurt Warner
