Damien Neroes dismissed from team

[ponyte]

The value both to the university and player is a separate discussion from the subject I was referencing.

My point wasn't that playing a sport is good, bad, indifferent or not a choice. Simply playing a sport on a scholarship isn't a 'free' education. I kept up with the time I spent devoted to football. During the season it was about 80 hours a week (all inclusive, travel, film, treatments, etc.) During the offseason it was only about 40 hours a week. Summer was conditioning which was considerable less. One about 20 hours a week.

Given the time commitment, had one engaged in a decent low skilled job right after high school instead of a scholarship, they probably could earn enough to pay for an SMU education. However, one would not say that education was 'free'.

And the price one pays over the years as the result of playing (degenerative joint disease, Parkinson’s disease (usually spastic and not tremulous), can be significant. The incidence of joint replacement for those that played college level football is significantly higher than liked matched controls.

This isn’t to say there is something nefarious about long term health consequences of playing football in college, just the pain and cognitive and function limitations are very real and do carry a non monetary cost. These health consequences are part of the ‘price’ paid to earn a degree from any school.

[Junior]

The value both to the university and player is a separate discussion from the subject I was referencing.

My point wasn't that playing a sport is good, bad, indifferent or not a choice. Simply playing a sport on a scholarship isn't a 'free' education. I kept up with the time I spent devoted to football. During the season it was about 80 hours a week (all inclusive, travel, film, treatments, etc.) During the offseason it was only about 40 hours a week. Summer was conditioning which was considerable less. One about 20 hours a week.

Given the time commitment, had one engaged in a decent low skilled job right after high school instead of a scholarship, they probably could earn enough to pay for an SMU education. However, one would not say that education was 'free'.

And the price one pays over the years as the result of playing (degenerative joint disease, Parkinson’s disease (usually spastic and not tremulous), can be significant. The incidence of joint replacement for those that played college level football is significantly higher than liked matched controls.

This isn’t to say there is something nefarious about long term health consequences of playing football in college, just the pain and cognitive and function limitations are very real and do carry a non monetary cost. These health consequences are part of the ‘price’ paid to earn a degree from any school.

I can agree with this.

[smustatesman]

Is it true he was dismissed, because of his insistence on wearing a jersey with the number 666 ?

[papaw]

I haven't been on the forum in a while and was surprised at this. He is not a thug. I don't know the circumstances of this and doubt that any of you really know the circumstances. I do know his mother will beat his [deleted] as she has done it before. I know what the young men are doing as my Grandson is a scholarship player for a Big 12 team. Off season is conditioning at 5:30AM, clean up, eat a snack, classes until early afternoon, meal and nap, a couple hours of supposedly on your own practice, evening meal and mandatory study hall and tutoring for 2 hours.
He has no complaints and loves it, but I do understand some folks having a hard time with it as it is year around. It is a shock as Damien is a good kid. I sure wish him luck and hope what ever is happening will work out for him.