Of course, having the Mob grant the loans would be a conflict of interest as they seem to be in bed with Roger Goodell.

That’s the only reason I can see that Roger is so insistent that injury reports be made public – so that the Las Vegas Line and the Mafia’s interest in the point spread and outcome is a prime issue of concern for coaches who would rather keep that information private.

Lighten up Francis – (and btw, God doesn’t care about the money so much as the personal responsibility)

Also I think it should be a rule if you hand out a scholarship, it should be 4 years and deferrable to a later date. If the player is injured, or wants to take classes in the summer once he is on an NFL Team, he should be able to go back free of charge and finish his degree.

It just isn’t right schools are cashing in on these guys and not preparing them for what happens in real life after they leave.

The NCAA can’t play God and go investigating every team for paying players, when they are doing little if anything to protect players and cashing in off them at the same time.

If you want to have a class action lawsuit (forget going after the NFL), I would encourage a lawyer to get involved and change the system when it comes to College Sports (particularly football and basketball). The system is antiquated and has not kept up with the realities of our evolving society. I respect the need to keep some purity in the game, but if you want to talk predatory, the NCAA meets that definition and them some in the way they do business.

I’m not a huge proponent of using racial terminology; in fact I think it’s usually inflammatory and runs contrary to trying to solve the racial dilemma in our country. But if Adrian Peterson wants to call any institution a close parallel to slavery, the NCAA system comes pretty darn close, here you have a system that uses players for their physical talents, doesn’t pay them, players have no representation in how the system is managed, players are discarded when they are no longer useful, the bowl games have so many levels of corruption it makes Chicago in the 1920’s look tame by comparison, and the NCAA does everything in its power to cover up these facts and strong arm players, coaches, and schools to keep themselves in power and control.

Maybe some of these players can sell some of their kids into slavery since the bible says that’s cool. No interest rates there.

This about poor decision making period. Most Americans fall in the same category as these players. Most Americans live beyond their means and don’t understand finance or government. With that said, I believe the low end NFL player makes two or three hundred thousand. It’s inexcusable that they would already be having money problems considering the owners opted out of the contract two years ago and the players knew this lockout was coming.

Instead, they choose to give the money back to the white man as fast as humanely possible.

I blame the players for not listening to their agents in regards to financial restraint, for not paying attention at the rookie symposium, and for letting their ego get the best of them

No pity here. If these idiots can’t manage their generous salaries better to be able to make it a few months………sucks to be them!

They would rather borrow money at 24% than turn in their Escalades and drive around in Honda Civics for the next 6-18 months. There’s nothing predatory or unfair about them agreeing to borrow money at 24% if that’s what they choose to do.

it says pretty clearly in the Bible if you’re not good stewards with your money, you don’t deserve it (and more importantly God’s not gonna give it to you)

Also, what the hell are the agents doing for their 15%? Aren’t they supposed to take care of these guys?