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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clay&#039;s Jock Strap" data-source="post: 271685" data-attributes="member: 1977">In general I'd agree with you but here is why I don't... at all... Most people don't have the God-given athletic talent to make millions of dollars playing a game. Most people have to use their brains to go to school so they can earn a living and hopefully give their children a leg up on having a chance at a better life than they had. Millionaires don't quite have this problem. He can take all the time he wants in school. Hell, if he needs to he can even re-take a course or two if brushing up isn't enough to pass the tests he needs to pass. He will likely be under no real life pressures to do well on entrance exams immediately. For most people school is the best route to success. When you have the advantage of playing in the NFL for a few years first, school is a novelty that you are participating in because you WANT to not because you NEED to. The store manager analogy just doesn't slice it, unless it pays a several hundred thousand dollars per year minimum. If Jones gets a second contract (and since it looks like he can play so it looks probable), then I don't think he will need to worry much about how he'll put food on the table as a "poor student." If he is worried about injury there is insurance for that.</blockquote>

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