[Colonel Kill]

Listen guys, poor kids have all the assistance in the world to make it through school. It's a bunch of bull when they say otherwise. I work at a University and it's a lot tougher for kids whose parents make too much money than it is for a poorer kid to go to college. There are grants, (CAP and Pell), there are financial aids, workstudy programs, athletic scholarships, regular scholarships. There should be no reason whatsoever that someone can blame not having enough money to go to school especially when you have a football scholarship to begin with.

I completly agree with you. This country and in this part of it we make it to easy to get through life without working hard. We expect everything to be handed to use and that is not the way the worl works. It is hard for me to have a lot of sympathy for people who don't work hard and take advantage of what is offered. I understand his family situation is/was difficult but that should have been a motivator to do better. Although my situation wasn't as bad as his but speaking from a personal experience I come from a home with a single parent that raised 2 sons while going to college when I was in high school. I attended a state college and stayed on campus. All paid for by financial aid, 20 hour week work study and a 35-40 hour per week job at a restaurant. I was also an 18 year old father.

Football is a sport and it ends sooner or later and most of us had it end sooner. So improving your personal situation should be your goal going into college. He could have went to a community or state college and had every paid for. You have to want it bad enough and you will find a way to do it.