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[QUOTE="midloviking, post: 1845998, member: 1285"]
Like I said, not everyone belongs in college.  A minor league football and basketball system would be a good alternative for athletes who don't belong in college for whatever reason.

I come from a pretty crappy environment - abandoned at birth, foster care, adopted by a nice family but mom suffered some pretty severe mental illness, moved around a lot (10 times by 5 years old) , raised myself at times,  crappy schools (violence, drugs, weapons, armed security, regular drug dog searches, bullying, free lunch), food stamps, government cheese and powdered milk.  Believe me, I understand what disadvantaged people go through.  Being poor hurts.  Being dumb & poor is the kiss of death.

Unfortunately, I was not a good athlete.  Fortunately, I was intelligent.  I was able to wade through all of the negatives and ended up at Syracuse.

I hate to see gifted athletes take a space in college and then not got to class or attempt to learn anything (Fab Melo).  That means some kid who was not as skilled but had the ability to be a successful student at that college was left out.
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