Football and school don't go together. They just don't. | | | | Big Papi and his lil' friend.
(Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Football and school don't go together. They just don't.”
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| | rantnrave:// JOSH ROSEN: truth-teller or too smart for his own good? The UCLA QB was as frank as any major college athlete could be -- without naming the bag man. He said football and education don't mix for college athletes. That won't sit right with the crowd selling the student-athlete myth -- like his coach, his AD, and his school president. He said he's always dreamed of getting an MBA and starting a business. That could get him in trouble with scouts and fans who think the sport should be the center of every football player's life. Quarterbacks aren't supposed to be candid like this. They're team leaders in cliches. Rosen isn't playing that game. He said what many are thinking about how the education system works for high-level college athletes. It doesn't. There are a lot of things wrong with the NCAA system but one thing supporters tout is the education. Players get paid in diplomas. What's the value of that if players can't pick the classes and majors they want, or are too bogged down by sports to concentrate on school? A scholarship has to give something back to the athletes, not just be a loophole to allow them to play for free. Rosen should be celebrated for his honesty. A bunch of people might be pissed -- but they should fix the system instead... KEVIN CLARK wrote a fantastic story on the 2007 PATRIOTS team that changed football forever. That's about right. The Patriots have been the NFL's innovation hub for a while. Whatever BILL BELICHICK is doing now is what many other teams will be doing in the future. He went for it on 4th-and-2 and got killed. Look at all the teams going for it on fourth down now. Smart teams replicate the Patriots' trade-down NFL DRAFT strategy. Nothing, though, seems to have had an effect like the 2007 Patriots offense. It wasn't just BRADY and MOSS. It was the no-huddle and the frenzied tempo, the shotgun-heavy formations, the rise of the slot receiver, the death of the fullback. That Patriots team is the best I've ever seen -- even if it didn't win the SUPER BOWL... ESPN's OTT service is coming in 2018. CBS is launching an OTT sports network too. No one can match's ESPN's programming freight. It'll have 10,000 live events per year but it'll be more like ESPN lite, with MLB, NHL and college sports games but not the mothership's full programming. It could be a way for the network to ease itself into OTT, while preserving the linear TV product as long as it can. Lots of questions remain. Exactly how much of the top sports will be on there? What will it cost? Lots of unknowns but it's intriguing... WILLIAM FAULKNER, for SI. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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