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The Life of the Mind …

… at the University of Florida.

[Several University of Florida football] players were alleged to have to taken part in a scheme that saw them purchase electronic products with school-issued [student aid] debit cards before selling them for cash. While this practice is not uncommon in college football, the Gators’ players then went to university officials to report their cards stolen, triggering a school investigation into possible credit card fraud. After investigation officials deemed the cards were not stolen and looked into the purchases, they found the players at fault for misusing funds given to them.

Here’s more on one of the guys, the team’s “top play-maker,” Antonio Calloway.

This is not the first time Callaway has faced suspension during his time at Florida. He was suspended last spring amid sexual assault allegations. Callaway was accused of sexual assault in December of 2015 but testified that he was “high on marijuana” during the incident and was “so stoned I had no interest in having sex with anyone.”

Your education tax dollars at work.

Margaret Soltan, August 13, 2017 9:56PM
Posted in: sport

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5 Responses to “The Life of the Mind …”

  1. dmf Says:

    gods (and suburban moms) willing soon football will be like smoking, boxing and the military in terms of demographics:
    http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/08/15/concussions-kids-and-contact-sports

  2. charlie Says:

    dmf, thanks for the link. An argument can be made that played at an early age, football can be a form of child abuse. But the game is premised on the recruitment and development of very young players. Promising grade school athletes are discovered during Pop Warner. They are funneled to particular high school football programs which refine that talent. Those hs teams then become feeders for the Power 5 college football teams, from which the bulk of pro players are drafted.

    One of the best examples of all that is Long Beach Poly High in Socal. Both the NFL and NBA have greatly benefited from that one high school. That’s exactly the point, everyone gets what they want from that process. But if that mechanism is even slightly altered, the pipeline breaks down. Get rid of Pop Warner football, you can no longer identify the boys who have athletic talent and high pain tolerance. Limit the amount of high school football, you cannot develop and evaluate players during game time. Have far fewer college games and practices with tackling that takes players to the ground, NFL teams will need to spend a lot of money in player development. Those that make huge profits from the labor of the players cannot and won’t tolerate any disruption of the cycle. The death of the game can only come, as you say, when moms decide their son’s health transcends the game….

  3. dmf Says:

    tragically whatever way the burbs go they will continue to be able to prey on the poor/desperate (see the Nike camps and all) but that’s capitalism for ya…

  4. charlie Says:

    dmf, when you get a chance, research IMG Academy. I’ll just leave it at that….

  5. dmf Says:

    “sports training destination” yeah that’s unfortunate but families who can afford 40-50k/yr aren’t as vulnerable as the kids caught up by Nike and all (including as UD reminds us college scouts/coaches).
    Reminds me to check in on the college programs turning out the athletic trainers who keep claiming they can diagnose and successfully treat concussions.

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