A video of a Florida football recruit was posted this week. It will not make some people happy.
It shows D’Antre Robinson, a defensive lineman from Orlando, giving his mother quite the Valentine’s Day surprise.
“Welcome to your new house, Ma,” Robinson says as she walked through the door.
He’s dangling a set of keys in his mother’s face, and the tears and hugs flow. She wanders speechlessly around a freshly vacuumed room for a minute, then says, “Better take your shoes off.”
You’d need the heart of an IRS agent not to be moved by the video. It fully captures a dream shared by countless millions coming true.
Mom sacrifices to raise kid. Kid grows up, hits it big, buys mom a house.
Nice, right?
Not everybody is seeing it that way. To them, the video fully captures the dollar-driven decay that has descended on college sports.
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A sampling of their social media thoughts:
“College football is no more. It’s another version of the NFL. Our education system is a joke.”
“We got high schoolers buying houses now?”
“He hasn’t even played a down. This is crazy.”
To sum up: NIL is E-V-I-L.
It is odd watching a kid who’s yet to graduate from Jones High walking around a big empty house he just bought. Robinson is shown tossing $1 bills all over his brother’s new room.
Such shocking scenes are indeed driving traditionalists crazy. I know since I’m a recovering old-schooler.
We were raised on the notion that guys like Robinson are amateurs. Room, board and a college education (and maybe the proceeds from selling their tickets) are rightful compensation for their football labor.
Paying them is cheating. And a video like…
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Author : The Gainesville Sun
Publish date : 2024-02-22 09:04:10
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