[BostonCard]

Right, there is no requirement to graduate in five years.  I think the issue is that, and this has been decades in the making, college football has gone from a game you play with your friends that oh by the way pays for your college to a profit-maximizing business that doesn't pay its players.  Is it any wonder that the players now view playing as a means to an end (an NFL payday for those good enough to get one, or at least a degree and a chance to earn a living for those not) than an end in itself?  Taking one or two classes just to stay in school an extra year to play football will be the exception and not the rule.  The majority of our players will go to the NFL, graduate and get a job at something else, or grad transfer and at least earn a masters degree for their trouble.

I think we have to assume that incoming recruits will be playing for no more than four year, if we are lucky.

BC

[BostonCard]

Right, there is no requirement to graduate in five years.  I think the issue is that, and this has been decades in the making, college football has gone from a game you play with your friends that oh by the way pays for your college to a profit-maximizing business that doesn't pay its players.  Is it any wonder that the players now view playing as a means to an end (an NFL payday for those good enough to get one, or at least a degree and a chance to earn a living for those not) than an end in itself?  Taking one or two classes just to stay in school an extra year to play football will be the exception and not the rule.  The majority of our players will go to the NFL, graduate and get a job at something else, or grad transfer and at least earn a masters degree for their trouble.

I think we have to assume that incoming recruits will be playing for no more than four year, if we are lucky.

BC