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Student athlete at ohio state....depressing - TreesAndBirds - 01-15-2016

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/01/15/ohio_state_star_joe_bosa_spent_the_past_year_in_solitude_that_s_depressing.html

Re: Student athlete at ohio state....depressing - g1313 - 01-18-2016

The source article at SI's Campus Rush is much better and more detailed: http://www.campusrush.com/joey-bosa-ohio-state-buckeyes-1553446862.html, slate is basically just reblog spam.

I'm not sure why this is depressing? Bosa says he doesn't like the spotlight, so he took steps to avoid it. Seems like a rare public instance of a star college athlete exercising good judgement.



Re: Student athlete at ohio state....depressing - TreesAndBirds - 01-18-2016

(01-18-2016, 03:24 PM)g1313 link Wrote:The source article at SI's Campus Rush is much better and more detailed: http://www.campusrush.com/joey-bosa-ohio-state-buckeyes-1553446862.html, slate is basically just reblog spam.

I'm not sure why this is depressing? Bosa says he doesn't like the spotlight, so he took steps to avoid it. Seems like a rare public instance of a star college athlete exercising good judgement.

I said it was depressing because I think it's ashame that he cant benefit from  the full college experience because of the spotlight. I contrasted that with the recent letter from Remound Wright in which he talks about how broadening he found his college experience. I guess if the alternative is getting in trouble, it's better that he is off by himself. But to me it's a sign of how the football experience at some schools can really detract from the college experience.  And as it looks like he is about to turn pro, I hope he can handle the spotlight that comes with that. In a more perfect world maybe his football coaches would have helped him more in dealing with the spotlight, so he was more prepared for the NFL, and could have a broader college experience.

Note, for some reason I couldnt pull up the article you linked to, but thanks for attaching it. Maybe it sheds more light on the issue that I wasnt aware of.

Re: Student athlete at ohio state....depressing - fullmetal - 02-16-2016

College, or a traditional liberal education befitting that setting, shouldn't be reduced to a vocational school.  You could say that the commercialization of college football has driven most of Bosa's decisions to rethink his life after the suspension.  I think he'll be able to do the same with his pro career--we've been hearing more stories of NFL players who aren't living outlandishly in the spotlight, so Bosa could be one of them too, just a guy making a living on his own terms.  But that's not what college is for.