How is a former professional athlete eligible to play college football?
How is a former professional athlete eligible to play college football?
Because he wasn't a professional American Football player.
It is very common for former professional baseball players to play college football also.
This guy was a skier that had to choose between college football or earning money from skiing through endorsements to help pay to train for the olympics. When he did the endorsements, the NCAA declared him ineligible.
questions???? wrote:
How is a former professional athlete eligible to play college football?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/11/14/iowa.buckeyes/index.html?eref=sihp
Weinke? was it did it from baseball to Qb in college, or one of those florida Qb's or something.
Seen a track guy do it after playing NFL as a receiver....know the name and can't recall it now dangit! Wicked fast white guy...think played for the falcons....pissed the name is escaping me.
UT receiver Quan Cosby played outfield for the Angels for 4 years before a standout football career. He and his brother used to kick my ass on the junior high basketball court.
I think that Bloom was a different case because he was earning money WHILE playing college football.
bloom got hosed! he was a ridiculous athlete.
Yeah, dude was a stud.
Mrr82 wrote:
questions???? wrote:How is a former professional athlete eligible to play college football?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/11/14/iowa.buckeyes/index.html?eref=sihpWeinke? was it did it from baseball to Qb in college, or one of those florida Qb's or something.
Seen a track guy do it after playing NFL as a receiver....know the name and can't recall it now dangit! Wicked fast white guy...think played for the falcons....pissed the name is escaping me.
The guy's name is Tim Dwight. An awesome NFL kick returner and damn good WR at Iowa. He almost had to pay back some money returning for track, but he was able to get out of it, forget why. Either way, he was one of the fastest white guys out there on the track or football field.
Weinke won a Heisman playing for FSU after playing pro baseball for 6 years or so.
Tim Dwight came back to win the Big Ten 100m title after playing a year in the NFL.
Current UF receiver Riley Cooper has been drafted by MLB, but is playing his senior season at UF. Caught UF's first TD yesterday.
questions???? wrote:
How is a former professional athlete eligible to play college football?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/11/14/iowa.buckeyes/index.html?eref=sihp
You must not follow college football very much; there are quite a few athletes who are pro in one sport while playing college sports in another. The key is that you cannot be taking money in the same sport.
You can be a professional in a sport other than the one you are participating in at the University. There have been NFL players come back after the NFL season and run track in the spring for their University while finishing their degree. It's a good thing!
DickGregory wrote:
You can be a professional in a sport other than the one you are participating in at the University.
Precisely
Bloom's situation was different because while you can be a pro in one sport and compete in college in another you can't receive ANY sponsorship money. That's how skiers make their dough, more equipment sponsorship. Double standard that Bloom fought without enough bullets and lost with the NCAA. If it could have gone to Supreme Court he could have won.
Bloom situation wrote:
Bloom's situation was different because while you can be a pro in one sport and compete in college in another you can't receive ANY sponsorship money. That's how skiers make their dough, more equipment sponsorship. Double standard that Bloom fought without enough bullets and lost with the NCAA. If it could have gone to Supreme Court he could have won.
Not necessarily. SCOTUS upheld age restrictions for the NFL (in the Clarett case). The court might see the rule as reasonable. In a practical matter, it makes sense. Imagine if a player could be paid with sponsorship, the boosters would just sponsor the player and the payola would be ridiculous. No pro team is giving a player a pro contract in one sport just so he can go to a certain college; my guess is that the pro team would rather the player not be playing college ball at all.