[winflop]

I know I'm wired differently than most people, especially on this board, but WTF is the big deal here?  Rosen speaks nothing but the unvarnished truth, so how is this even a story worth talking about?

Is it just because he isn't afraid to speak the truth?  Is this the story?  I don't get it.

I don't think Rosen is speaking truth. I think pretty much every member of the Stanford football team, as well as some of the other "smart" football schools like Duke, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt - would completely disagree with Rosen's assertion. You **CAN** do both and there are tens of thousands who do it every single year.

I think Rosen epitomizes what's wrong with a small proportion of college athletes - they forget the term STUDENT-athlete. The vast majority of scholarship athletes are "going pro in something other than sports" and playing their sport is a way to be able to obtain a college education. Rosen sees this as a pro farm system and doesn't seem to give much of a damn about academics, which is why Shaw made the right decision to not offer him a scholarship.

[winflop]

I know I'm wired differently than most people, especially on this board, but WTF is the big deal here?  Rosen speaks nothing but the unvarnished truth, so how is this even a story worth talking about?

Is it just because he isn't afraid to speak the truth?  Is this the story?  I don't get it.

I don't think Rosen is speaking truth. I think pretty much every member of the Stanford football team, as well as some of the other "smart" football schools like Duke, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt - would completely disagree with Rosen's assertion. You **CAN** do both and there are tens of thousands who do it every single year.

I think Rosen epitomizes what's wrong with a small proportion of college athletes - they forget the term STUDENT-athlete. The vast majority of scholarship athletes are "going pro in something other than sports" and playing their sport is a way to be able to obtain a college education. Rosen sees this as a pro farm system and doesn't seem to give much of a damn about academics, which is why Shaw made the right decision to not offer him a scholarship.