<p>I’m not saying its easy. SOme other people did but I never did. And I play a sport and know how tough it is. I played(Im a senior now) football for GHS in SC(we’re the biggest high school football state other than Texas) We have weightlifting at 7 am. School from 8:30 to 3:30, then practice til 7. And this is every day except game day. Then its school, watching videos on the other team until game time, the bus ride if its away, and then the game til 10:30 or so. So yes, I know that sports are tough. And I know how hard playing for a football school is(GHS has won our region 13 times in a row; since 1991, our average record is 11-1; and we have 16 state championships since our school started) thats why I chose not to go through all that in college. But we do it becuase we enjoy it. Thats why I feel no pity towards athletes. Colleges are businesses, pure and simple. A school dropping an athlete when they can no longer play is no different than a school not letting a scholar come back when they can no longer afford it. They’re in it to make money. If you can’t pay for it(I understand financial aid but they won’t pay it all) they don’t want you back. If you can’t play, you can no longer pay for your scholarship(because that’s what you’re doing by performing.) SO don’t pity them. And Athletes do get a lot of breaks. I mean, a good example is Tim Tebow. He had an 880 SAT and a 3.0 gpa. Now, how many nonathletes could get into Florida with those scores?</p>