I've thought alot about the kids at these college programs in regards to all of this Mike Gundy stuff. The schools, the coaches, the athletic directors - yea, they are building programs with resources and luxury boxes that make the Texans and Dallas Cowboys jealous....but in the end, that increases their salaries and their coffers...and it blurs the lines between college and pro athletes. At the end of the day, whether it is a rickety old stadium that seats 17,000 in 1948 or today's 'Big House' that seats over 100,000 - these kids are still kids. And they take alot of pressure, comments, booing and expectations that are just misplaced. 18 yr olds are still 18 yr olds. I think everything around them has changed. Maybe I'm being naive here, but to think that a player is still close to his Mom his soph. year in college or gets the jitters before going out onto a field with 55K screaming fans - I just don't think how this makes the kid a pansy or Momma's boy. I just don't.
The programs and media have made a monster, and some kids, like everything in life; handle it better than others. But if you see blogs that 'hate on' a qb at a college rip him and everything he's ever done because he didn't beat A&M or State....well, I just think it is wrong.
But, it is a societal issue, isn't?
Off my platform.
Jerry
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