Readers give Dispatch sports editor Brian White their takes on pro football in Columbus, Ohio State football and tennis, the Cincinnati Reds and more.
: Every day, another pampered athlete decides to transfer for legitimate reasons or just because they feel underappreciated or lack PT, as Dick Vitale would say, or just want to cash in on their name, recognition or likeness. That is their right. I transferred during my undergraduate career. What isn’t right is that the university has invested coaching time, academic classes and a scholarship in the athlete, yet the athlete walks away despite that investment.
That would make the athlete think twice before they enter the: So, you're saying an 18-year-old kid who decides he or she made a wrong college choice, or is homesick, or doesn't want to play anymore, or whose coach left for another place or was fired, should have to pay for the years of teaching, coaching, room and board, etc.? And how are athletes different from other scholarship students? To me, seems extreme and demoralizing.