***Johnny Manziel thread***

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
Bob, everyone here knows I played division 1 baseball. But there were no handshakes, no pretend classes or easy grades. I had to do the work. Kids qualify for entrance into school for sports when they normally would not, but thats life. They still have to go to class, pass...if they struggle, most teams get Tudors, etc to help.

Originally posted by BobS:
No offense, but you are talking baseball, since at most schools it doesn't draw the revenue that football and basketball do, I would think the school would not risk a scandal to try to build a top notch program. That and I think a football program as a whole has traditionally more passionate boosters than the other sports.

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by BobS:
No offense, but you are talking baseball, since at most schools it doesn't draw the revenue that football and basketball do, I would think the school would not risk a scandal to try to build a top notch program. That and I think a football program as a whole has traditionally more passionate boosters than the other sports.

Not accurate, ASU is very passionate about their baseball

it depends on the school

Originally posted by BobS:
Sorry for generalizing it does depend on the school. I would think if you averaged all schools together football would be #1, followed by basketball, and baseball. A good example of a baseball school is Cal State Fullerton in So Cal, they dumped football in the 70's, their basketball team never was any good for decades yet their baseball team could usually hang with any large D1 school.

Originally posted by BobS:
NCAA prohibits a college athlete from working, so if your parents can't afford to send you pocket money, what are you supposed to do?

Originally posted by BobS:
NCAA prohibits a college athlete from working, so if your parents can't afford to send you pocket money, what are you supposed to do?

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by BobS:
No offense, but you are talking baseball, since at most schools it doesn't draw the revenue that football and basketball do, I would think the school would not risk a scandal to try to build a top notch program. That and I think a football program as a whole has traditionally more passionate boosters than the other sports.

Not accurate, ASU is very passionate about their baseball

it depends on the school

Originally posted by fropwns:
But is baseball driving the Athletic Department at ASU? I would venture that Sun Devil football would.

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by fropwns:
But is baseball driving the Athletic Department at ASU? I would venture that Sun Devil football would.

ASU sports does not make a profit, it operates in the red

Originally posted by Negrodamus:
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9562044/texas-aggies-qb-johnny-manziel-signed-two-more-sessions-sources

Originally posted by BobS:
I find it hard to believe somebody would sign as much as he did for free. Most people hate even signing their name the 50 or so times you do to buy a house.

Bruce Feldman ‏@BFeldmanCBS

RT @billyliucci: Latest on Manziel? Per multiple sources, he'll be suspended for first half of opener versus Rice on Sat