Forever151
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Free education is worth more in the long run...but that's just my opinion.
willingness is the glaring one missing. You need some sort of virtue that others would value, some way to meet the need of others. Education has to do with that one. You need opportunity to practice, and you need willingness. All the ones you listed have to do with opportunity.In theory, you're right. In practice, it's not one size fits all. Issues like the chosen major and job market realities, social bias practices, residence region, hiring needs (opportunity), and I'm sure some areas I've missed are factors not be dismissed or ignored. I ought to know, as I both faced and witnesses these things in real time in my day.
willingness is the glaring one missing. You need some sort of virtue that others would value, some way to meet the need of others. Education has to do with that one. You need opportunity to practice, and you need willingness. All the ones you listed have to do with opportunity.
Everything tends to get measured in money, and as we all know some things don't get measured out exactly right in money. A lot of really important work has to be done for low pay or in some cases even zero.
A college degree can be life changing. It doesn't guarantee anything but it opens doors and possibilities not open to those without an education. How many of these recruits are going to earn life changing money via NIL?How is free education worth more in the long run? Especially for most of the starters at a power 5 school?
Its knowledge you can take wherever you go and can set you up for a successful non football career.
Free education is worth more in the long run...but that's just my opinion.
While no denying education triumphs anything else money from NIL deals will buy but the harsh reality is most athletic programs do not focus on education rather on getting athletes degrees (or grades) to keep them eligible. In that light, NIL deals could go a long way.
A 2 million over 4 year deal is 40 year worth of salary at 50k/year (Typical middle class family in Knoxville type towns) or 6 figure salary for 20 years. The big IF is whether these 20-21 year old kids handed big pile of cash can responsibly manage it. Sadly that is where the education part would come in handy.
Let's say I was a college player. If I could go through 4 years of UT, get a degree, maybe I get a graduate degree, and in the process, I manage to get my name marketed some (helping my prospects of landing a job), and make some connections, and perhaps, I'm even so lucky to get $100,000 a year over 5 years.....
Then at the very worst, I've graduated with a masters that is paid for, a bachelors that is paid for, people in the city likely know my name, and I have earned enough money to buy myself a decent house.
That's better than most college students end out with. Most end up with $100k+ in debt, and can't afford a house until their 30's (and in this market, that's tough).
Academic scholarships? My son had a 3.9 GPA in HS and went to the U of Central Missouri to study aviation. He was "well rounded" and an athlete in HS. We never saw that abundance of scholarships... nor did FASFA turn any up. He joined the Mo Air Guard which covered a big chunk of it. Almost all of his flight fees were out of pocket.With all the scholarships floating around, anyone that has a huge student debt after graduation today, did not do their due diligence in picking a school.
Absolutely. But.....if you don't want the debt, there are tons of schools to attend.True to an extent. But if you want to go to good school, it's gonna cost significantly more than most scholarships cover.
For a large portion of those going to school on an athletic scholarship, they don't have another path. I'm not saying that they and their families do not bear the blame. Not at all. But for many an athletic scholarship opens up academic and financial advantages they would not have had any other way.That's not really relevant if your argument is that the education itself is what is valuable. They can still get the same education without a scholarship.
That is great, and I'm not saying that there won't be some out of pocket, but you find ways to help pay, just like your son did.Academic scholarships? My son had a 3.9 GPA in HS and went to the U of Central Missouri to study aviation. He was "well rounded" and an athlete in HS. We never saw that abundance of scholarships... nor did FASFA turn any up. He joined the Mo Air Guard which covered a big chunk of it. Almost all of his flight fees were out of pocket.
For a large portion of those going to school on an athletic scholarship, they don't have another path. I'm not saying that they and their families do not bear the blame. Not at all. But for many an athletic scholarship opens up academic and financial advantages they would not have had any other way.
As Marcus Lattimore demonstrates, it also opens up job opportunities that most do not have.