[Husker] Khiry Cooper not going pro

[jon johnston]

On Aug 18, 2008, at 2:47 PM, Mike Nolan wrote:

>> The Angels failed to agree to terms with NU freshman Khiry Cooper, so
>> he's staying at the U to play both football and baseball.
>
> Why is it that baseball and basketball can both deal with this issue  
> more
> sensibly than football can?
> --
> Mike Nolan


Red Grange, Illinois. There was so much hullabaloo made about him  
getting paid for professional play and then coming back to college at  
a time at which people thought money corrupted athletics and it was  
supposed to be about pure amateurism that they made the rules then and  
there.

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com