Mike Luckovich for October 15, 2014

Todd Gurley of the Georgia Bull Dogs was indefinitely suspended by the NCAA for taking money for his autograph.

Spot on. I found a Forbes article that says the NCAA has a 14 year $11 BILLION deal, and that’s just with CBS. Long past time to separate football from colleges, and end this farce of “student athletes”. 1) It’s a difficult and dangerous job, for which they should be paid, and 2) playing football has nothing to do with education.

“Long past time to separate football from colleges, and end this farce of “student athletes”. 1) It’s a difficult and dangerous job, for which they should be paid, and 2) playing football has nothing to do with education.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sounds logical to me.

Central Michigan University reinstated a star player who had been suspended for one or two games after he was arrested for stealing a woman’s purse and using her credit cards. In other incidents, two less able players were kicked off the team. Clearly, character also has nothing to do with football. It’s about money money money!

Ruff: Right. For instance, Canadian Junior Hockey (semi-pro) has only one connection to education: if you haven’t graduated, you have to keep your grades up to play. It took my kids three years to discover their high school had a football team and never did find out what rules system was used. Intramurals were the sports programme.

The NCAA has long represented professional athletes, in farm clubs for the NFL, and benefited the team “owners” far more than the players.

He shoulda just KO’d his girlfriend – he’d only be off a couple of games ?

the div 1 schools need football to help pay English teachers// pay football players cut over paid English teachers

I agree with the above comments. The hypocrisy of the NCAA is astonishing, and I would prefer to see fair treatment of the young athletes even if it leads to the end of college football as we know it.

Make the NFL pay for their farm system just like baseball does.