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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 258371" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>I think the problem with most top football prospects is perspective. Not to be politically incorrect, and statistics will bear this out, but most football players come from the lower income homes and a good percentage from households whose parents did not have a college education. Simply put, they just do not understand the options put in front of them. They don't realize that if GT/Stanford/Duke/Northwestern/Michigan/etc. are recruiting you, that's potentially a winning lottery ticket for your career post football. It doesn't mean they can't get a good education anywhere else, but some schools are just more respected than others.</p><p></p><p>Look at the offspring of players who played in the NFL. Ed McCaffry's sons will have or are going to academically elite schools: Max went to Duke, Christian is at Stanford, and Dylan is committed to Michigan. Barry Sanders son BS Jr. busted his hump to go to Stanford even though he could have coasted and gone pretty much anywhere. Bo Jackson is on record saying he'd rather his sons go to Ivy League schools than make it in the NFL. </p><p></p><p>Just this past weekend, Jameis Winston said if he understood the significance of Stanford when he was being recruited, he would have went there instead of FSU. <a href="http://www.ninersnation.com/2016/10/20/13343478/jameis-winston-stanford-florida-state-choice" target="_blank">http://www.ninersnation.com/2016/10/20/13343478/jameis-winston-stanford-florida-state-choice</a></p><p></p><p>Most elite recruits have people in their ears about playing for these factory schools that education is lower on the totem pole of priorities. That's a shame because these kids get only one shot at these kind of schools that their parents could only dream of, and the people influencing them don't have the kid's best interest at heart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 258371, member: 360"] I think the problem with most top football prospects is perspective. Not to be politically incorrect, and statistics will bear this out, but most football players come from the lower income homes and a good percentage from households whose parents did not have a college education. Simply put, they just do not understand the options put in front of them. They don't realize that if GT/Stanford/Duke/Northwestern/Michigan/etc. are recruiting you, that's potentially a winning lottery ticket for your career post football. It doesn't mean they can't get a good education anywhere else, but some schools are just more respected than others. Look at the offspring of players who played in the NFL. Ed McCaffry's sons will have or are going to academically elite schools: Max went to Duke, Christian is at Stanford, and Dylan is committed to Michigan. Barry Sanders son BS Jr. busted his hump to go to Stanford even though he could have coasted and gone pretty much anywhere. Bo Jackson is on record saying he'd rather his sons go to Ivy League schools than make it in the NFL. Just this past weekend, Jameis Winston said if he understood the significance of Stanford when he was being recruited, he would have went there instead of FSU. [URL]http://www.ninersnation.com/2016/10/20/13343478/jameis-winston-stanford-florida-state-choice[/URL] Most elite recruits have people in their ears about playing for these factory schools that education is lower on the totem pole of priorities. That's a shame because these kids get only one shot at these kind of schools that their parents could only dream of, and the people influencing them don't have the kid's best interest at heart. [/QUOTE]
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