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[quote=Anonymous][quote]So if some donor is in town who was on the O-line and wants to take all the O-line guys to dinner, you're pretty much going. Or if your unit "decides" that it needs to get together to study film for another 4 hrs after practice -- you're not going to be able to say "sorry guys -- economics midterm tomorrow, I can't" without seriously hurting your credibility with the team and the staff.

The spring and summer are better, and that's when the more "serious" guys make up academic ground -- even if it pisses off the coaches. From Jan-March all you have is winter conditioning a few hrs a day -- so you can pile on classwork and make sure your GPA stays high. From April to May/June is spring ball -- again some take if very seriously but others just treat it as a few hr a day obligation while keeping the GPA really high. Then training camp from June-August is terrible again -- practices for about 6-7 hrs/day plus they are required to take 1-2 summer classes to lighten the load for the fall. It's manageable but for any of those majors like finance -- an internship just isn't an option (though some of the more serious students have done it but getting a donor who is in love with the football program to set up an "internship" that allows 10-20 hrs/wk done remotely from school -- still not the same but at least there's something on the resume).

This is actually an NCAA infraction, if true.

My understanding is that these extra obligations are pretty "flexible" and not at all "obligatory," but frankly you're dealing with kids who are 18-22 yrs old most of whom want to keep their coaches as happy as possible because they feel like anything they do that goes against what the coaches want will jeopardize their playing time. So if it's presented as -- Joe Schome is in town and would LOVE to meet you guys tonight and it would be great for you to hear about his winning season 20 yrs ago and his NFL days -- there are a certain number of players who will feel like they MUST attend even if the time could be better spent on school or just relaxing.[/quote]

I have a relative who plays football for Nebraska.  The first bolded part is absolutely true; it happens.    There's some sleight-of-hand thing they do to conform to NCAA rules on gifts, ensuring that the wrong person isn't "gifting" dinners to current team members (or cars, or vacation condos, etc).   That said, as the relative of this young man, I haven't probed deeply in what that shenanigan is, exactly.  I just know that he has LOTS of dog-and-pony-show obligations involving appearances with donors, former players and things like children's hospital galas, Fun Runs for Cancer, that sort of thing.[/quote]

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