National signing day is a fraud
Posted: February 3rd, 2010 | Author: Ron Bronson | Filed under: Higher Ed, Sports | Tags: college athletics, national signing day | 3 Comments »You are currently browsing comments. If you would like to return to the full story, you can read the full entry here: “National signing day is a fraud”.
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Absolutely agree! Mike Wilbon made some great observations on PTI today about the ridiculous nature of deifying these kids, stacking up their egos even more than the agents, coaches and recruiters do. He also pointed out no one was interested in Drew Brees on signing day, and while I’m no fan of Tom Brady, same goes for him. They came out OK, while any number of young men featured here not only won’t graduate, they also won’t impact the NFL. The odds say they won’t.
BTW, our hockey teams have impressive graduation rates and almost all of the women’s hockey team got over a 3.0 for the fall semester. Just saying.
I was annoyed by the signing day commercials all week (I watch TV on mute most of the time, so it’s even worse….) and watching PTI today was the catalyst for me writing this post. Because you’re right, it’s just ridiculous how much it’s about these other folks. As for hockey players, they benefit from a system that gives them the option not to attend college and play junior major if they’re good enough. I love that about hockey and baseball too, with the minor leagues. No it’s not a financial boon, but it gives the guys who would benefit from a college education the chance to do so and I think that weeds them out better than in football (especially football, even more than basketball) because for top-tier football talent there’s no place else to really ply your trade in the world since the sport is so America.
Thanks for getting it! I was/am soooo annoyed about this.
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