Goro wrote:
> On Aug 21, 5:10 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> 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.

> The most notable student/athlete is:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Rolle

Yikes, he started out right with Peddie School, and never stopped.
Cool.

nancy