LKelley67

good comments from Wiley...

Jaguars defensive end Marcellus Wiley is a Columbia graduate and one of the most intelligent players you will encounter in the NFL. Like Horn, he doesn't give a lick whether Bush took money from prospective agent while at

In his blog entry on NBCSports.com, Wiley concedes that while the approximate $160,000 value of the USC scholarship Bush received in exchange for his football services is significant, academic standouts also are awarded similar full-ride scholarships. And the academic stars aren't under the same microscope (or NCAA restrictions) as a Heisman Trophy player.

Wiley suggests that the NCAA should permit colleges and universities to fund trusts for student athletes, a sum of "head start" money that becomes payable only upon their graduation. Maybe this will encourage athletes to turn away the predators -- marketing types and agents -- who prey upon them while they are still enrolled in school.

Sounds like a reasonable idea.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...PGLPLA5O61.DTL