Deunta Williams Worth looking into?

[Proudiddy]

He was compensated with a free ride to college which was something on the order of 100,000 dollars with all things considered. Kids play college ball because it is a free ride with a chance to get an education. No one is promised an NFl career and he is a prime example of what can happen. The injury happened whether he was suspended or not. 95% of all student athletes across all sports don't have a pro career. It is the normnot the exception. The few who make it seem to skew people's expectations as if most people who play football make it to the pros. He should be glad he got the education and can practice a trade for free. Anything over and above that is gravy.

I agree with you p55, but what I'm saying is, MOST athletes think they are in that 5% that will make it and don't plan beyond that. And again, a large portion of the players on successful programs come from backgrounds in which higher education is of little to no value. Everyone's goal is to make it, and most of them don't think beyond that.

From everything I know about Deunta from people that know him on campus is that he always valued his education, so in my opinion, he is the exception to the norm... And we're seeing that come to fruition now. He didn't have all his eggs in the football basket.

What you stated is true, most don't make it, but in direct contradiction to that, most of them think they will and few realize they won't. When you're bringing in players who don't care about an education but are making money for the university, they should get a little piece of the pie.

So, the only thing you said that I disagree with is why kids play college ball... Most don't play it to get an education, they play it to get shine and "make it," even though most don't. So giving them a free education majoring in something like "History of Butt Flute" isn't doing anyone any good except the university.

And to be honest, it shouldn't cost as much to attend universities as they have us believe.

[panthers55]

I agree with you p55, but what I'm saying is, MOST athletes think they are in that 5% that will make it and don't plan beyond that. And again, a large portion of the players on successful programs come from backgrounds in which higher education is of little to no value. Everyone's goal is to make it, and most of them don't think beyond that.

From everything I know about Deunta from people that know him on campus is that he always valued his education, so in my opinion, he is the exception to the norm... And we're seeing that come to fruition now. He didn't have all his eggs in the football basket.

What you stated is true, most don't make it, but in direct contradiction to that, most of them think they will and few realize they won't. When you're bringing in players who don't care about an education but are making money for the university, they should get a little piece of the pie.

So, the only thing you said that I disagree with is why kids play college ball... Most don't play it to get an education, they play it to get shine and "make it," even though most don't. So giving them a free education majoring in something like "History of Butt Flute" isn't doing anyone any good except the university.

And to be honest, it shouldn't cost as much to attend universities as they have us believe.

I think much of that is true particularly for minority students. Coaches sell the big dream to these high school kids to sign them and then when they get injured sometimes don't even honor the scholarship. The graduation rate for athletes in general is 80% but there is still a racial difference with white males athletes graduating at 87% while black males are behind at 68%. Women rates are much higher for blacks and whites generally over 90% because they know they are not going pro for the most part.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7148351/ncaa-reports-improvements-athlete-graduation-success-rates

Basketball and football trail most other sports and this is where the most abuses occur. Basketball drafts only 57-60 players which also counts international players and many of these guys don't make it. Yet look at how many college basketball teams there are. It is ridiculous.

I think a lot more education needs to be done to help teenagers understand that the only thing that can't be taken away is what is between their ears.

[Proudiddy]

Amen to that!

[carolinarolls]

There are no backgrounds in which "higher education is of little to no value" and if there is, those backgrounds need to be eradicated from the planet because that line of thinking tells me that you are TOO far gone for rehab of your common sense to ever be a valid option.

[Peppers90 NC]

I hardly ever here a State fan come on here and clamor about signing their players once in the NFL. I would say they're typically the more reserved fanbase compared to the vast amount of UNC fans who are blindly in love with any player from their school. Not that it's as bad on here as it is off the forum boards.

Obviously Dukies are non-existent and App. State fans don't voice their opinions that often simply because they are a FCS school. Brian Quick and Armanti are two of the only NFL players I can remember from the recent past.

Was Duenta Williams good in college? Do we need a safety? I would imagine the OP answered yes to both, asked about him and found out his broken leg ended his career. If there wasn't always an inferior stater riding the nuts of every Tarheel related thread, it wouldn't go on this long to begin with.