People tend to forget this when they talk from their "Oh, they're getting a free education!" soap box. A lot of these kids are dirt poor and free education, though awesome, does not help their family's situation in the here and now. They love their family and want to see that they are taken care of. So it's only natural that they accept extra benefits.

And to those who say they only have to wait three years for everything to be okay. Screw you. That's never a guarantee. They could get injured, their family's situation could get worse. And they sit there and see their families struggle while their alma maters makes millions upon millions of dollars off what they do every single Saturday.

But they're getting a free education so it all balances out.

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Posted by SoFla Tideroller

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Posted on 10/7/13 at 10:25 am to RollTide1987

People tend to forget this when they talk from their "Oh, they're getting a free education!" soap box. A lot of these kids are dirt poor and free education, though awesome, does not help their family's situation in the here and now. They love their family and want to see that they are taken care of. So it's only natural that they accept extra benefits.

I could accept this better if the money they were taking wasn't going to $100+ shoes, Chargers, Dr Dre's, etc and actually going to these hard pressed families.*

*not commenting on DJ here directly, just your generalized statement.

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Posted by RJYH

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Posted on 10/7/13 at 10:25 am to RollTide1987