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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 40333" data-attributes="member: 282"><p>You can think of class and study as a benefit, and at some schools and for some kids, I'm sure they think of it that way. If you think of doing the classwork as part of their job--which is easy to do--it's not a benefit, it's a responsibility. </p><p></p><p>For these kids who get a scholarship with the plan of becoming a pro, the classes are a distraction. </p><p></p><p>For baseball, international soccer, and hockey, there are kids going pro at 15 or 16. No one is stopping anyone from being a professional musician at 17, but these kids aren't allowed to play pro football at that age. </p><p></p><p>College football and basketball are weird "jobs"--we're just used to it. Where else would they run it the way we do in the US?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 40333, member: 282"] You can think of class and study as a benefit, and at some schools and for some kids, I'm sure they think of it that way. If you think of doing the classwork as part of their job--which is easy to do--it's not a benefit, it's a responsibility. For these kids who get a scholarship with the plan of becoming a pro, the classes are a distraction. For baseball, international soccer, and hockey, there are kids going pro at 15 or 16. No one is stopping anyone from being a professional musician at 17, but these kids aren't allowed to play pro football at that age. College football and basketball are weird "jobs"--we're just used to it. Where else would they run it the way we do in the US? [/QUOTE]
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