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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1086402, member: 837"] True, but there's a difference between getting auto insurance for a car you're driving and deciding to keep a policy on a car you don't have registered and is on blocks in your garage. There is no need for an insurance policy b/c he already was a first-round talent and therefore could be playing in the NFL. I'm OK with him getting an insurance policy and coming back to school, but I would suggest it's paying $60K for no particular reason unless he's dead set on getting the degree. Now that could be the case but I'd suggest it's naive to think he's coming back for the education. They called it a recruiting trip in the story and that's obviously what it is when you pack up your entire football staff and fly to his home. That point is furthered by the fact that if they were truly helping him make a decision, he would be in an NFL uniform right now. Fair point -- I should say *financially.* I'm all for a kid staying in college and getting an insurance policy if the kid likes college. If I were Matt Leinart, I would have gone back to USC too. Why not? Does life ever get better than living in a free, upscale apartment with your buddies and being The Man on the USC campus, with all the benefits that brings? Probably not. I just meant that even if he goes number 1, it's unlikely it will make him any more money over the course of his career b/c you'd have to subtract a year from however long he lasts. Helping him get an insurance policy and come back to school is fine. I'd still argue probably not financially sound, but regardless, it's fine. I get the sense that the coaches really want him back b/c they know he's good and they want to win games. That, unfortunately, doesn't account for what's best for the player, which is not wrong, per se, but not cool either. I also think the university paying for the insurance by taking advantage of a fund like that is ridiculous. I also think -- and someone else posted about this as well -- those insurance policies are almost impossible to collect b/c of all the ambiguity involved. If he gets hurt, he should get something but there's a really good chance it's nowhere near the $5M or whatever he paid for. In the end, I don't think we disagree that much, really. College football coaches being shady? Distasteful but in many ways that's what they're paid to do. I just really object to the use of the fund and the fact that they couldn't really care less about the kid's best interests. [/QUOTE]

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