the buffaloes are stampeding

[MNVCGUY]

I'm not sure that's the choice here. They're not just choosing to "live" in Colorado - along with that choice comes all of the benefits of the scholarship but without having to do ANY of the work for those benefits.

And that's the FALLBACK option if they don't want to try and continue their football days elsewhere.

Seems like an awfully good deal to me! If you only played one season of football at Colorado, this is like 3 years worth of "severance pay" as us working folk call it, lol.

It's a crappy way to have your football career ended but any of the guys who have come to the realization that they are not going to be one of the extremely select few to make it in the NFL could really capitalize on this.

The problem is that most power 5 scholarship players believe they are going to play in the NFL, so many will be more likely to continue chasing their NFL dream as opposed to taking the free school.

 

[upnorthkid]

It's a crappy way to have your football career ended but any of the guys who have come to the realization that they are not going to be one of the extremely select few to make it in the NFL could really capitalize on this.

The problem is that most power 5 scholarship players believe they are going to play in the NFL, so many will be more likely to continue chasing their NFL dream as opposed to taking the free school.

I mean or they just want to play a game they love as long as they can. Similar to guys who go and play low level junior hockey where most realize there is no level after this. It’s pretty easy for Colorado to say guys will have their scholarship honored when the volume who will take that option is near zero

 

[hungan1]

It's a crappy way to have your football career ended but any of the guys who have come to the realization that they are not going to be one of the extremely select few to make it in the NFL could really capitalize on this.

The problem is that most power 5 scholarship players believe they are going to play in the NFL, so many will be more likely to continue chasing their NFL dream as opposed to taking the free school.

Some may be burdened with many expectations from their families, high school, and community. Reality bites hard. Some may overcome all these and succeed through talent or determination, but that's a steep climb.

"There are 1,093,234 high school football players in the United States, and 6.5% of those high school players (or 71,060) will play in college. The drop off from college to the pros is even more dramatic: only 1.2% college-level players will get drafted to the NFL." - Leagueside.com