“I am not. He gave us three good years in a profession not known for loyalty, honesty and keeping contracts, be they coaches, players or dedicated athletic supporters. Some have been known to lie and cover up the transgressions of players and coaches (as happened at Penn State and elsewhere). After all, the money and glory are a combination hard to control, be it Wall Street, Main Street or Southeastern Conference football.

“You think you are honest, but have you been offered $4 million and 100, 000 seats?

“What particular honor should we expect from a culture which claims to have scholar athletes, but a study of the University of North Carolina, one of our more prestigious universities, discovered that 40 percent of their football and basketball scholar athletes could not read above the fourth grade level. At any big time football or basketball program, the result would be the same. Few players graduate and all think their future is professional sports. The truth is that less than 2 percent of them will go to the big leagues and the rest have wasted an opportunity to gain a useful education and have been used by the system.

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