re: Bomani Jones/Danny Kannell twitter fight

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That's a bit of a stretch, don't you think? How many 1) actually graduate and 2) have a worthwhile degree for employment and 3) get a job based on their degree? And we're not talking about Cornell and Yale.

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The university has nothing to do with whether they graduate, get a worthwhile degree, or get a job based on it. What they do academically is their problem, and they're given every advantage possible to succeed academically. Special tutoring, first scheduling priority, special permission to move tests, etc.

You don't need a degree from Cornell or Yale to succeed. A degree from any 4 year university makes you qualified to be a general manager at Waffle House directly out of college, for instance. And that is a fantastic job for many of these kids considering where they've come from.

Many people also ignore the fame gained by these players by playing for a university, and the jobs that come from that afterwards. Many players get better jobs than they deserve out of college based on their athletic achievement and people wanting to be around them for that. Getting a $70k a year job out of college with a Gen Ed degree and keeping that job for the rest of your life is an incredible payoff

A higher percetage of athletes graduate than non athletes who start out as freshman.

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get a job based on their degree

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Whats the percentage of all students who get a job based on their degree?Ex athletes sure as hell have leg up on other graduates with comparable degrees.Especially if they're in the home state of the school they attended.

What exactly is your alternative?Have em go to the CFL?
Creatd a minor league?Tou want them to go to PBI's like the old days of segregation?Junior College?

Don't give me this Bomanii Jones bullshite that these kids are victims and "exploited"because they're not.