Source: http://ift.tt/SANXFn --- Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Programming note: The men's Basketball team plays Penn State in Happy Valley at 8:30 p.m. ET on BTN. Words of the Day: Bon Vivant . THE DON DADA SPEAKS. Urban Meyer is currently en route to the legendary pirate den of Nassau as part of the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer. Nobody can convince me Meyer enjoys being surrounded at sea by thousands of rabid Buckeye fans for a week, but that's probably another topic for another day. Before he left for the annual anti-cancer banger, Meyer sat down with 10TV's Dom Tiberi and broke bread over recruiting and "Real Life Wednesdays." From 10tv.com : Meyer is very proud of what he has created at Ohio State in preparing his players for life after football. His players now meet and network with business leaders. Players are also expected to get internships and job shadow. Meyer said it’s much more than X’s and O’s at Ohio State and he says that is what parents and athletes should expect. “I think that student-athletes have gotten the short end of the stick for many years by universities and I am guilty of it myself for many years," he said. “A powerful university like OSU should do more than get you a degree. It should get you a career." What amuses me is coaches going to bat for their players all the way until the topic of paying them comes up. Still, Meyer deserves credit for what he's created at Ohio State. I'm old enough to remember when Florida fans tried to say Meyer would only recruit thugs wh ...
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