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[quote=Anonymous]No way!  Scholarships are not even worth it!

Go to college to receive a great education. Sixty years ago scholarships were very valuable. In football you showed up for preseason practices two weeks before school began and three weeks later the season began.  You practiced and played games for ten weeks and the season was finished.  At the most 20 teams went to bowl games.  Today every team goes to some half-assed bowl game.  In the old days you gave the school maybe 15 weeks of your life every year playing a sport that you loved and would do it for nothing.

Today, and this applies to every sport, the seasons are far longer and you are required to spend time with the team in the weight room at least nine months during the year

The games are also rougher and tougher than in the old days. The injuries you receive in college will haunt you for the rest of your life and the university will not pay a dime for your healthcare after you leave the university.

If you play a sport you will not graduate on time. You can't be at practice and the library at the same time.  Also, scholarships expire at age 26.  If you have a scholarship and you have not graduated by age 26 you are no longer able to attend classes free of charge. If you have a failing GPA you are no longer welcomed on the campus at all.

Universities don't want broken-down, old-has-been players with no education trashing up their campus. Besides, it looks bad for recruiting.

Go to college to get a great education and to be a healthy self-sufficient adult.  Do not go to college to be a gym rat and broken-down has been someday. 
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