Academic Integrity in Columbus

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I've seen him play. I've seen him throw short to intermediate passes to receivers with world class speed, usually playing against defenses composed of 2 and 3 star talent, who then run after the catch a bunch and inflate his numbers. That can't be all you do in the NFL.

Back to the topic at hand, you would like to think that the kids who do not have a shot or are borderline prospects for the NFL would realize that, but I don't think that they do. Watch 1 episode of Last Chance U and you will see what I'm talking about. Kids with talent that have been catered to their entire lives and even with personal tutors on campuses with nothing around to distract them and they still struggle to get through their classes.

The academics are meant to help you in your career but nobody tells these kids that they aren't going to make it in the NFL, they are being told the exact opposite by all of the adults their entire lives so they don't think they will need school and don't take it seriously. Taking 100% online classes is just 1 more step in that direction.

Look no further than Mr. "We Ain't Come to play school". He spent 3 years in the NFL and now he is in the XFL. He is not going to make enough money from playing football to last his entire life yet he publicly announced that he doesn't give a shit about getting an education. He was the 3rd or 4th string QB at that time and still had that mentality. And then he goes out and throws a bunch of jump balls in 3 straight games that his receivers somehow always come down with and everyone was talking about him leaving early for the NFL after starting 3 gd games in college.

To his credit, he seemed to have seen the error in his ways by then and talked about how important it was to him to finish school and get his degree, so he figured it out, but it's a pretty good example of how most of the kids in college football think. If the 4th string QB doesn't take it seriously, why in the hell would the starter if he's constantly being talked about as a 1st round pick? Especially when the adults in the situation are saying that he should take online classes to work around his football schedule when it's supposed to be the other way around.

Exactly. Like I said, Justin Fields is a really good college QB that will get drafted. How much of his success is his own ability (which he has plenty of) and how much of his success is the fact that he has wide receivers, a running back, and an o-line that is so much better than every team they play, except Clemson? Will he get a second contract, though? Will he be a successful NFL QB? If not, then it might've helped him to get a real college degree. It might help anyway. It might help to have a real college experience.