Polish Leppy 22
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I was at a party this past weekend, and friends of our family have a son in college. He is the kicker on a school in the SEC. I asked him how his son was liking the area, the team, his classes, the coaches, his schedule, etc.
1) The kid loves playing D1 football, but the school owns you once you're there. Offseason doesn't exist. Right now it's a 5 am wakeup, 530 am workout (2 hours), classes all day, meetings after that, then study hall, and bed.
2) The kid played injured all year and had an operation right after the season was over. The kid told his Dad people wouldn't believe what the trainers do with/ to running backs/ WR's/ linebackers at halftime with "injuries."
3) These kids are well-educated in terms of what they can and cannot do as student athletes. My Dad and a couple other guys went down there in the fall to see him play. They took him out to dinner after the game, and he paid for himself. He refused having someone pay for him because he could get in trouble.
4) The kid and his roommates wanted to have a few people over a few weeks ago, maybe 8-10 people. The star QB showed up unannounced, and 100 people were outside their door wanting in within 15 minutes.
I know so many of us on here think these kids are spoiled, they have it easy, academics don't really exist, etc. But this was a reminder of what life is really like, especially for a kid who came in as a walk on and earned a scholarship. And does take his academics seriously and has a 3.3 GPA in their business school.
1) The kid loves playing D1 football, but the school owns you once you're there. Offseason doesn't exist. Right now it's a 5 am wakeup, 530 am workout (2 hours), classes all day, meetings after that, then study hall, and bed.
2) The kid played injured all year and had an operation right after the season was over. The kid told his Dad people wouldn't believe what the trainers do with/ to running backs/ WR's/ linebackers at halftime with "injuries."
3) These kids are well-educated in terms of what they can and cannot do as student athletes. My Dad and a couple other guys went down there in the fall to see him play. They took him out to dinner after the game, and he paid for himself. He refused having someone pay for him because he could get in trouble.
4) The kid and his roommates wanted to have a few people over a few weeks ago, maybe 8-10 people. The star QB showed up unannounced, and 100 people were outside their door wanting in within 15 minutes.
I know so many of us on here think these kids are spoiled, they have it easy, academics don't really exist, etc. But this was a reminder of what life is really like, especially for a kid who came in as a walk on and earned a scholarship. And does take his academics seriously and has a 3.3 GPA in their business school.
