[Husker] TO's Article

[Theodore Heise]

On Sun, 25 May 2008, Bob Beach wrote:

>      ...I have always been of the opinion you can't treat an 
> athlete any different than any other college student.  Any student 
> is free to put in as many years in college as they choose, There 
> is no mandatory three years.  The thing that rings hollow to me is 
> are most of the statements, including TO's, trying to do what is 
> right for the kid or is the motivation to look out for the 
> athletic department? On one hand TO says if you want to go to the 
> NBA right out of High School then go but if you don't you can't go 
> for three years.  Its obvious his motivation isn't the kid.

It's not obvious to me.  Sure, your hypothesized motivation ("once a 
program has him we can be assured we have him for three years") is 
possible, but it could also be that Osborne believes two major life 
changes in a single year isn't good for a kid.  I'm sure there could 
be other possible motivations--especially in the mind of someone 
with a Ph.D. in educational psychology.

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Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA