Shame on my
hometown Chicago Tribune for quoting UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen (way way) out
of context. Rosen told Bleacher Report
in a recent interview “football and school don’t go together.”
That’s the kind
of thing that gets me really mad. My
daughter was a high school and college athlete with excellent grades; we
expected no less of her. Clare didn’t
have to follow us into the liberal arts, but she had to be good at whatever she
decided to do. After getting a master’s
degree in sports’ administration, she muscled her way into a fulltime position
at Northwestern University. Parental
mission accomplished.
So, I was all
ready to go after Rosen as the next Johnny Manzel until I read the entire interview,
in which the junior quarterback complained about the conflict between a
required class in his major—economics, not basket weaving—and spring football. That wasn’t what I expected to hear from a possible
#1 NFL draft pick.
Rosen went on to
say, “Human beings don’t belong in school with our schedules. No one in their right mind should have a
football player’s schedule and go to school.
It’s not that some players shouldn’t be in school; it’s just that
universities should help them more—instead of just finding ways to keep them
eligible.”
In addition,
Rosen thinks: “At some point, universities
have to do more to prepare players for university life and help them succeed
beyond football. There’s so much money
being made in this sport. It’s a crime
not to do everything you can to help the people who are making it for those who
are spending it.”
This is a
20-year old talking? Maybe it stems from
what the players at Northwestern tried to do a couple of years ago spreading
West. I hope so.
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