I just don’t think this is what college sports were designed for. To me, it takes away a roster spot from a kid who has worked a long time for a real opportunity. I’m not saying he hasn’t worked too, but realistically, what is he still playing for? The odds are he probably is not getting drafted. At that point, it starts to feel like he is getting nine years of school paid for when almost nobody else, even athletes whose careers were wrecked by injury, gets that same privilege. Yes, life is unfair, but there are systems in place, like the NCAA eligibility clock, and in this case it feels like that system has been completely abused. It sucks that he went through so much injury, and I do feel for that, but it also sucks that he is taking a roster spot from a younger kid. That is why I think there has to be a line somewhere. Injury is a tough subject because it involves having something taken away from you, but what about the guys who never even got a chance beyond the bench, and now never will because that opportunity is going to someone entering a ninth season of college football? You only get four years, and now your chance gets cut short because someone else got exception after exception.
