They do, that's the point. Their options are no more or less limited than anyone else (with the exception of dumb scholarship limitations which I am against). There isn't some college football player prison these guys have to go into, that's not how this works.
Wow. Really? Suppose that on April 1, 2018 an SEC School (Not Alabama, of course! - Oh!! I know!! Just for fun, lets say its UGa! LOL!!
): So UGa fires
ALL the Head Coaches of every sport. Its an extreme example, but I offer it to make a point. Suppose that happens - the school utterly "Cleans House".
What Options exist for the athletes on every team OTHER than the football team have? And you Correct me if I'm wrong, ok?
But it seems to me that these athletes have the following options:
- They can stay in school and continue to play on the team;
- They can quit the team and either stay in school or leave school;
- They can seek a transfer within NCAA rules to another FBS/Div-1 program
and sit out a year,
- They can transfer to a lower division program,
OR
- The athletes in sports that have Professional leagues can Attempt to go Pro the very next day. Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors - the door is open to
ALL of them to Attempt to go pro IF that's what they want to do. MLB (or minor leagues, or Japan, Puerto Rico or any number of other intennational leagues), NBA (or NBA Dev. League, EuroChallenge, etc.); PGA (or Nike Tour, Asia Tour, etc.), LPGA, MLS, USPTA, PBA, NHL, etc.
Now, lets look at the football team. Tell me what options Jake Fromm has IF he doesn't want to play for the new UGA coach and doesn't want to play lower division or Juco football, but DOES want a shot at the NFL.
Go ahead - I'm all ears!!!
How do you know it is their chosen profession? Most college football players do not play football as their profession. Having said that, no one, anywhere, is locked into one profession! I mentioned communism, but seriously in the free world people can do more than one thing with their life. People do not have one ability, one skill set, one job they can do.
LOL!! I wish we could meet in Tuscaloosa some afternoon, and go to a team meeting - and ask the Alabama football team, "How many of you guys WANT a chance to play football in the NFL".
Honesty, if less than 80% of them held up their hands I'd happily buy you a beer and concede the point.
You can't educate someone unwilling to learn.
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Ok, that's what I thought but I didn't want to say it in case I was wrong.
As we all know, it's a universally accepted indication that an argument is over when the
Ad Hominem attacks start.
Thanks for playing - Have a great day.