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Not sure about "whiney," but it ignores obvious realities... by Scoop80

They extoll the virtues obtaining a college degree & they cite ND's graduation rates. What about grad rates at other P5 FB programs? Among those who actually graduate, how many obtain meaningful degrees? How many P5 players major in parks & rec or PE? How many P5 players even remain on scholarship for 4 or 5 years at the university to which they signed a LOI?

How, exactly, does musical chairs w/ conference ties fit the "student-ahtlete" model? How does athletes from USC and UCLA traveling to RU and MD (and vice versa) for conference play fit that model?

There are multiple other questions to be raised, but those are the obvious ones.

I'll channel my inner ACross as to this column--F