Hiring 'student' athletes, even if they have to go to a Junior College to get academically qualified, is part of the mega-billion dollar business of  the football industry.   The fact that some of them lack self-discipline due to their personal backgrounds is understood by all concerned.  Some are able to cope; some are not.  

The colleges are farm teams for the NFL.   Minimum wage for a rookie in the NFL is $400,000 per year, the same salary as President Obama.   These 'student' athletes are here at Duck U to display their talents in the hope of getting one of those jobs.  If they had been better athletes in high school, they would be in Alabama or Ohio State.

The football program works with what it is able to recruit.  

Whether an allegation of assault or an allegation of DUII in an automobile accident and possession of methamphetamine after a previous infraction should result in different treatments is open to discussion.

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