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Message: [QUOTE="cliftonparksufan, post: 4700234, member: 9"] What a gem of a great 12 paragraph post tucked within an unfortunate situation for Allen. Whether it belongs in here or not is hard to say, but it can be tied together. First, to piggyback your comments, yesterday I read an article on St. Rose, a college that at one time had 4000 students and now down to 2800. They are deeply saddled in depth and could possibly face the same fate as Cazenovia College and quite possibly many more colleges in the next five or ten years. It's sad, but due to the reasons you describe, there will have to be a constriction throughout higher education. Now, let's get back to LA. Many colleges have always been for more than the serious student. It's a four year maturity process where 18 to 22 year old leave home, many for the first time, and "discover" and "learn" many things in the process. Who you are at 18 isn't necessarily who you will be at 22 and probably not who you will be at 30, 40 or 50. Without parents having the ability to write a check to cover college costs, and without a scholarship available, LA would need to use financial aid and supplement loans to pay for his education until he was reinstated somewhere with the ability to play football again in his future. Whether he does that or not is almost secondary but shouldn't be. No matter how serious LA might be about his education, he will always be labeled a "football player" first. And he is a very good one, who could possibly have a future making good money. But, as any football fan knows, the road to a successful NFL career is usually a very short and bumpy one. And, for running backs, even shorter than the average position player. So, hopefully LA is able to resume his education in the fall. Hopefully at Syracuse, but for his sake, somewhere that he can continue his educational path. Others have mentioned a school like OCC which could be a great stop gap if he needs to divert his path. A lot of people who know LA talk about his great qualities. Let's hope this singular incident doesn't define him and he uses it to become even a greater man. For way after his football career is over. [/QUOTE]

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