Dan Abel wrote:

> Mr. Bill > wrote:

> Don't know about BB, but football in the US is Big Business. The
> alumni generally pay for the schooling. Most pro football players go
> to four years of college first. The main qualification for many
> football players is height and 250 pounds of solid muscle, including
> that huge muscle between the ears. They often attend few if any
> classes. It's football and parties.

Of course this is not true at all schools. Academics are important
to any number of teams, and I don't mean fluff classes with fako
passing grades. Of course there are schools who do as you say,
shame on them ... you can always tell those when their players are
interviewed by the press and it's obvious they aren't in college for
their education.

nancy