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Didn't realize he couldn't attend a game. I think the NCAA really took power that they don't have on that one. I home the university grows some balls and brings him to a game.
Terrelle Pryor: I was wrong
RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks quarterback Terrelle Pryor said Tuesday he was wrong when he broke NCAA rules while playing for Ohio State, but he supports the recent federal court decision giving college athletes the rights to sell their names and likenesses.
"I'm glad they did that," Pryor said on 710 ESPN Seattle. "The only thing I will say about that is when I was at Ohio State, all you see is red jerseys in the stands and you see a lot of No. 2s [Pryor's number at Ohio State]. I'll leave it at that."
In December 2010, at the end of his junior year, the NCAA ruled Pryor and four of his teammates would be suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for selling memorabilia.
Pryor ended up leaving Ohio State and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the 2011 supplemental draft. He was traded to Seattle this April for a seventh-round draft choice.
"It was a rule, I broke it and I was wrong for that," Pryor said of his NCAA violations. "At the time, I was getting in trouble -- and I don't even call it being in trouble. I don't think helping my mother, who was in need, is being in trouble. I'll never regret that. The only thing I regret is hurting certain fans, teammates and coaches."
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Love his comment in that article about the way many schools (Not OSU) steer kids towards classes that are easy to pass so they remain eligible for sports. The kids don't end up learning anything that benefits them later in life, and many will find that they have to return to school if they don't end up Pro. It's no secret that many schools have been using this tactic for some time, but it's something that should be addressed nevertheless. These schools are absolutely using the kids, and the kids don't realize that only a small percentage of athletes make it to the Pro level. Those that do make it are rarely in a league for more than a few years.
Universities have too many useless degrees, and it goes beyond the athletes. Students borrow tens of thousands of dollars - another problem - to get a degree that does nothing to increase their chances of a career. For starters, any degree named "_____ Studies" should be eliminated. If that subject interests you research it for fun. Don't major in it.
As for athletes themselves, I remember several of them - especially basketball players - majored in Recreation Education in my OSU days.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but what I've seen from kids I worked with is that you don't need a finance or marketing degree to work into a great many jobs, especially sales. You do need persistence and a strong work ethic. I would think that to complete four years in a major sports program you would already possess both.The good news is that according to this site it appears that major isn't currently offered:
http://majors.osu.edu/search.aspx
However, the bad news is that there are several other "fluff majors" still offered that will result in a "useless degree".
Tell me if I'm wrong, but what I've seen from kids I worked with is that you don't need a finance or marketing degree to work into a great many jobs, especially sales. You do need persistence and a strong work ethic. I would think that to complete four years in a major sports program you would already possess both.