Use it or lose it. Athleticism is a rare gift. Play as long as you can, or you'll wish you had. Your education will last forever, your joints will not.

Student athletes have shown that juggling highly competitive collegiate sports and academics is nothing unusual. There should be no argument over choosing between academics and sports...no matter where you go to college.

As for small colleges, example Georgetown College, the undergrad degrees may not be as extensive as at larger universities, but can be applied to a more specific graduate degree of their choice at a larger university. Let's face it, most of the highly sought after degrees are 6-8 year programs anyway. :thumb:

If you're insinuating what I think you are, then this thread has wandered way off from where I intended it to go. :ohbrother:

 

I don't think I was insinuating anything, just relaying facts. My whole point is that making choices has consequences. Some are good, some not, and some are better than others. And one man's good choice is another man's bad one. The originator of this thread was asking for points of view, and I provided mine. Don't like it? Tough!

 

Centre College, According to Forbes rating 2009, 14th Best College in United States, thats all colleges and universities not small colleges. West Point #1, Princeton #2

 

Great! But it's a lib arts school and not for everyone. No school is for everyone. Hence the 'choice'.

Don't look back and say, Could have, Should have. Just Do it!!!!! I don't think you will regret it.

Edited February 19, 201016 yr by bugatti

Having read throught this thread I can only say it has to be an individual case by case decision. I saw my first college football game at age 9 and I made up my mind then and there I wanted to play college ball. I had offers from some 1aa schools, some D2s and NAIA schools. Had the opportunity to travel a bit and visit and settled for a small (2,000) student school in tennessee with a very good academic reputation and a fantastic football program. I ended up with pretty much a full scholarship. I had the joy of continuing to play a game I dearly loved and getting a very good education. I wouldn't trade the life lessons learned from the experience of playing college football for anything. I may be nuts but if God said to me hey You can trade in 5 years of your life for one more season of playing I believe I would take Him up on the offer. I realize that at 50 looking back some of the best times of my life were spent playing ball in college. I have been blessed by also having a son play collegiately, and another hopefully on the way to doing so. My advice to anyone with the opportunity would be take it, and don't have regrets later in life.