(12-21-2016, 05:50 AM)Mick link Wrote:[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=16303.msg183253#msg183253 date=1482272847]
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Yeah, when Bill Walsh led us to the Sun Bowl in 1977 he was treated like a conquering hero. Now it is a "meaningless" game.
Interesting.
They are all less meaningful now. The folks at ESPN will try to deny reality, but reality is very clear at this point.Â
Back in that day most teams were rarely on TV during the regular season. A bowl game was a real chance to showcase the school, the program, etc.
Back in the day very few teams actually got into bowl games. Now teams with a 5-7 record, and a decent APR ;), will get into some bowl or other.
In many cases coaches jump ship prior to a bowl game to join their new programs. That used to be rare, now it happens every season. This is not really much different.
Football is a business. CMAC left his
unpaid internship early because he is likely set to get a sweet paid position with a different employer. Coaches leave all of the time even though they have contracts and a salary. Really hate that the
unpaid students keep getting held to a different standard.
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I'm confused. I didn't realize the McCaffrey family was paying full freight tuition, room and board, training table, coaching salaries etc. I actually thought McCaffrey was on a football scholarship, that he is paying nothing out of pocket. I didn't realize it was an unpaid internship.
And let me also point out that if it weren't for his football skills, his high school 3.35 GPA -- and I'm just WAGging it here -- may not have been sufficient to get him into Stanford, a school and degree from which he will receive opportunities literally throughout his life that he couldn't touch had he gone to college in Fort Collins or Boulder.
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No W-2. No income. No income tax. A.k.a. unpaid internship. Unpaid internships often have lots of meals with execs, access to computers, travel to meetings and conferences, and corporate training and other resources that the intern can utilize to enhance their career, but they are still unpaid internships. The analogy holds. If some team of students worked together at an unpaid internship at HP, I am confident that the team would "understand" if a teammate left the internship early to accept a multi-million signing bonus to work on AI with Waymo or Tesla.
Moving on ...The idea that a legacy offspring, or any player, only could get in because of his football ability is a very slippery slope. But let's say he only gets in because of football, does that mean IYHO that he MUST play football to stay at Stanford? You do realize that is not the case right? Once you are admitted that's it. An athlete could quit the sport before even arriving on campus, and they would still be Stanford students.
I think most Stanford alums know a few athletes that opted to leave a team with eligibility remaining to focus on MCATs or LSATs or getting their Stanford degree. It happens.
In the end, I guess I have no problem with any Stanford student doing whatever they think is in their best interest as long as they comply with NCAA rules.
I hope CMAC runs a sub 4.5 40 at the Combine and that this choice works out for him. And I hope the Stanford program wins in El Paso.
