Maybe I should have focused the comment toward kids that are on the fringe of NFL talent. Your always going to have those that hit the talent jackpot and make it to the league. Many of those could care less about the degree. Then there are those that are talented enough to play football at the collegiate level, but are realists and know that door closes and they need to make a living post football. I believe there's a majority that fit into that mold. It's those kids that are fringe or haven't had solid guidance to their abilities I worry about most. The current system allows them to bounce from one place to the next while chasing a few dollars. Though they may be completing enough credit hours to remain eligible to play, it's beyond my mind that they could be making true progress toward a meaningful degree. Academic programs are simply too widely varied from institution to institution to have the continuity within degree programs for the kids to be truly prepared to enter their chosen field. My guess is that there are many exemptions as to what and how credits and applied toward a particular degree program. Likely a whole lot of bachelor of arts, university studies, or other fluff degrees lined up for the fringe and NFL caliber players. To your point, the data shows those grad rates are going up for athletes as a whole, but using our rates as an example during Monty's tenure, many times that is on the backs of the athletes competing in non-revenue sports. I'd like to say my premise is based more on logic and my gut and the limited data available, but it's not. So, while plausible, there are certainly holes in my premise that can be exploited.