[sammyg2]

I've seen the ugly side of college athletics up close and personal.

My brother was a star college scholarship athlete back in the day.
He had "tutors" take his classes for him (and tests).
He had a job on campus but wasn't sure what it was.
he went up north to play in summer league baseball and got 3 A's in college classes he didn't remember taking. Also won the college summer world series that year.

But eventually it caught up to him and his academic eligibility was in question, so he went pro a year earlier than planned.

When injury ended his sports career he had NOTHING to fall back on.