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I don't think y'all actually read the interview so here it is: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2722587-josh-rosen-qa-ucla-qb-on-injuries-ncaa-and-post-nfl-goal-to-own-the-world
I think one of the big challenges is that a lot of college athletes have no idea how hard it is to make the NFL. All of them think that they can do it, but only 1% of players actually make it. Rosen is a special talent, but he's one of the very few who has that future in front of him. One of the main reasons I'm ok with the NFL requiring 3 years rather than 1 is that 99% of college players are not going to ever get paid to play football. They need to get a degree and graduate.
It's tough because college football is such a huge deal now. 100,000 people in the stadiums, billion dollar TV deals, all the players think they're going to be in that 1%. Heck, watching that 'Last Chance U' show, all the guys at JUCO think they're going to play in the NFL. To be honest, I really think that coaches and schools that don't do their best to help their players realize that they NEED to graduate are failing in their duty to these kids.
OK I read the interview(had previously read the article as suggested). The only thing that I learn't was that he thinks a lot of top recruits shouldn't be in school and/or the entire university schedule needs to revolve around the football schedule. It reinforces my thought that he has an elitist mentality.
I wish the silly 'elitist' talk would stop.. how about entitled.. saying elitist at this point would be the same as Rosen calling all of us sec folks hillbillies and rednecks.. I live in 'elitist' land in Hollywood.. I've lived in Georgia and in Houston and grew up in Hicksville upstate New York.people are opinionated everywhere.. . if that opinion is 'elitist' what is saban's comment about his qb transferring 'if I ever quit anything in my life, my daddy wouldn't let me in the house'... I just think that word is overused now and really has a subtext because he's from California.. and it also started from people calling the media elite and New Yorkers elite, when what they originally meant was 'jewish'.. which Rosen is.. so u don't make yourself sound good at all.. BA made the same comment on sec country live today, and we all know what the subtext is, so just stop.,
Sorry ladawg, not sure where you're coming from on this one. The word elite originated from 18th century French and has zero to do with Jewish. Where I come from the word elitist is synonymous with snob which means thinking that they are superior to others. That is exactly what I took from the article. We agree on most things and I certainly respect your opinions but I have to disagree on this point. Let's just agree to disagree and move on.