“It's something you dream about as a kid. Like when you play all those NCAA video games as a kid and you create your own player and win the Heisman with a bunch of crazy numbers. It's the biggest, most prestigious award in college football, so it'd definitely be a dream come true.” PlayDreamKidsGamesWinningNumbersPlayerCrazyFootballCollegeVideoBunchAwardsDreams Come TrueCollege FootballPrestigiousNcaa Author:Johnny Manziel
“Another big difference about not being in college: In college, you're on the team, you're competing for the NCAA - luckily I had a full scholarship and I was taken care of - then all of a sudden you're a pro and you've got to take care of yourself. I'm gonna keep doing the same thing, keep training, and hopefully everything works out.” BigsCareDifferencesTakenTeamCollegeTrainingWork OutTake CareHopefullyCompetingScholarshipTake Care Of YourselfThings Work OutNcaaEverything Works Out Author:Jonathan Horton
“Assimilating college sports into the university would prevent them from being run as autonomies or fiefdoms. And you don't need an NCAA bylaw or an act of Congress to do it - just an active, empowered faculty and some administrators with backbone.” NeedsRunningSportsCollegeUniversityCongressActiveFacultyAutonomyEmpoweredBackboneAdministratorsNcaaCollege SportsBylaws Author:Sally Jenkins
“The good thing about competing at the NCAA Division I Level is that identifying recruits is usually a pretty easy thing for us to do. Most of the time, the type of kids we recruit are identified early in their high school careers by many college programs.” KidsSchoolEasyLevelsCareersCollegeTypeHigh SchoolProgramGood ThingsDivisionCompetingIdentifyingRecruitEasy ThingsNcaa Author:Billy Kennedy
“As far as my sport is concerned, my mission is to make it as big as it deserves to be. We've been growing, it's just not as noticeable. The NCAA picked beach volleyball up to be a championship sport, and it was the fastest test sport that's been adopted. That's a really big deal for our sport because that just means the USA system is going to have a feeder system from the college system.” MeanBigsSportsDealsGrowingCollegeDeserveConcernedTestsMissionsBeachUsaChampionshipAdoptedBig DealVolleyballNcaaBeach Volleyball Author:Kerri Walsh
“What would be wrong with letting a kid go pro, and if it doesn't work out he can come back to college? What's the harm in that? The reason is the word "amateurism." The NCAA has to protect colleges' tax exemption.” IfsReasonWould BeKidsCollegeProtectTaxesWork OutHarmExemptionNcaaBack To College Author:Sonny Vaccaro