Pro football vs. college life

d-ray657 · #1 10-26-2009, 08:01 AM

The title of the forum is off-topic, and this fits.

Sam Bradford, OU's superstar quarterback, announced he will have surgery, miss the rest of the season and enter next year's NFL draft. Many people are saying that he was foolish to come back to school when he would have been a high draft pick last year and be making millions of dollars now. I say hogwash.

Bradford signed up for the experience of playing college football. College offers opportunities in life that can seldom be repeated. The diversity on a college campus, the youth, the learning environment, the opportunities to meet new friends, the entire social scene. There's just nothing like a college campus.

Bradford decided to have one more year of the college campus before throwing himself into the real world of competing with others to make a living. Even without top draft status, he will make a fine living in the NFL, even if it's only for a year or two. I can't fault him for deciding that some things are more important than making the top dollar.

Regards,

D-Ray

merrylander · #2 10-26-2009, 01:15 PM

You left out binge drinking.

noonereal · #3 10-26-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by merrylander

binge drinking.

i had straight A's.

(Now I know Chas will be proud of me!)

d-ray657 · #4 10-26-2009, 02:04 PM

OU did offer classes in Theory of Football and Theory of Basketball, courses at which the head coaches appeared. Before he was busy covering up murders, Dave BLiss coached at OU. He started the class by asking any one who had ever had a coach they really didn't like to raise their hands. When about half of the class raised their hands, he responded "Well, we didn't like some of you SOBs either."

Charles · #5 10-27-2009, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by noonereal

i had straight A's.

(Now I know Chas will be proud of me!)

University I attended didn't offer any classes in Binge Drinking.

Damn Bible Belt!!!!!

Chas

merrylander · #6 10-27-2009, 07:18 AM

I was fortunate enough to have dropped out after the tenth grade from sheer boredom, so I avoided binge drinking.

Charles · #7 10-27-2009, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by merrylander

I was fortunate enough to have dropped out after the tenth grade from sheer boredom, so I avoided bige drinking.

Perhaps that's why you're such a free thinker, and I'm not referring to binge drinking.

Chas

merrylander · #8 10-27-2009, 07:35 AM

Maybe, probably why I am such a lousy typist as well.

d-ray657 · #9 10-27-2009, 08:08 AM

I can't type well either. I had nineteen years of scooling, but my head doesn't always connect with my fingers.

Regards,

D-Ray

merrylander · #10 10-27-2009, 08:49 AM

My excuse is arthritis and a slightly mucked up left arm. The laugh is that I made a decent living as a technical author and writer. Of course I had Florence, the former teacher as my editor, wives are neat.