Question for those of you who played football in HS/college

That players care more than fans who are still trying to live their high school days vicariously through them.

1. That you aren't allowed to have a job if you play college football is definitely the biggest lie I always see spread

2. Another lie I always see spread is how college athletes get no money at all whatsoever outside of their scholarship and how we should at least give them a stipend. They already get a stipend and its acutally quite a bit of money. The issue is that these kids have no money management skills and blow it on stupid shite which is why you hear the heartstring tug stories about how they are broke and can't afford food.

3. That being a college athlete is basically a full time job. It is, but when detractors use this its to say college athletes have no free time at all and therefore can't work, can't study enough, can't maintain a good GPA. You have plenty of free time to study, hang out with friends, work, its just you have to be able to manage your time and days, which most college athletes are unable to do.

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Coaching only makes the difference if talent is equal.

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pretty fair to say.

we had a only a few players with speed and above average ability.

our defense was okay every year cause the coaches did a good job of scheming.

but when we played the teams that had more speed and athleticism we usually came up short.

imagine that.

now the HS i went to does scholarships and the talent pool is deeper.

that wasn't the case when i was there.

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That players care more than fans who are still trying to live their high school days vicariously through them.

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This times a million. Life goes on, and it goes on quickly. You don't agonize over it like fans do. At the highest levels a lot of them don't love or even care about the game. They're good at it and they get compensated-whether a paycheck or a scholarship.

Also, you would rather play on a bad team than warm the bench on a good team. You want to win, but if the guy ahead of you fricks up, it's an opportunity.

Coaches are a strange breed. A lot of them aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, so when a really smart one comes along, he dominates. They really do love the game. Its the only way they could put up with the hours, the low pay for most of them, and the constant criticism. They're like drill instructors in that all the yelling is nothing personal. Once you figure that out it makes things a lot easier.

I remember very little about the games. What I do remember are the practices and just hanging out with the guys. Some hilarious shite went on which makes me laugh to this day.

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At the highest levels a lot of them don't love or even care about the game.

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The biggest eye opener for me at the college level was how many of my teammates just did not care. And its not like I played for a bad team either. I am guessing we had a larger % of players who did care to be as successful as we were, compared to the average team.

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Coaches don’t really care about lives of players

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Coaches don’t really care about lives of players

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I disagree. A distant relative ran into my old HS coach years later and he asked about me and how I was doing. I was nothing special as a player and at the time I could have sworn he didn't like me very much

I was talking college level not HS

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do the coaches during the week of game prep legitimately try to convince their guys that the game is winnable,

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if you have to do this, it isn't.

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Coaches don’t really care about lives of players

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As a high school coach for 20 plus years this is absolute bullshite. Maybe true on the college level but definitely not on the high school level.