Well I can’t speak for how it was back then haha. But off of my personal experiences I’ve been through it’s extremely bad. In regards to sports gambling, a lot of kids come from nothing and when they’re given a few grand for the month they dont know how to use it. Coaches are aware of this and it rarely ever gets reported. As far as PEDs, I’ve been given anabolic steroids by a bullshit written prescription from the team doctor after an injury. At the time I was only 18 years old. My redshirt freshman year when we played in a blowout loss against Penn St. I was given painkillers on the sideline without even knowing what it was. There was literally no reason for it because it was a blowout loss. I could go on for days about it and I can even expose the shit out of star NFL players that have severe gambling and drug addictions. I would never do that but a few years ago I had no clue about how dark college sports is. Maybe I’m running my mouth too much but it’s super bad man. Nobody has any idea. The use of PEDs and painkillers might not have changed much but the gambling is awful. I’ve seen way to many friends ruin their lives over it so it’s hard to be quiet about it.
Caliboy, when I saw you were an athlete I almost replied to you about keeping that quiet. You just never know who lurks on forums. But, I decided you are an adult and can make your own decision. I find it very interesting to hear your perspective.(side note: MAC school Miami of Ohio was in my oldest daughters final 3 college choices). A heart condition ended my football in high school, but I still played baseball and golf. I had a couple of DIII offers to play golf, but a shattered elbow nixed that. I ended up playing rugby at Iowa State(club sport, no medical required), didn't tell my parents for the first 2 years. We had football players and wrestlers play some during their off-season, so I ended up running around with them. Ended up living with couple fb players(1 had 11 year career in nfl). Anyway, my point is I was in the inner circle with quite a few players, specifically the OLine. I can completely relate to what you are saying. Amphetamines and dbol were widely used and unfortunately had some fatal outcomes. One player was rehabbing a knee injury and using, committed suicide. Another who was using & selling was found death at the bottom of the campus lake.
You guys are under alot pressure, get stronger, but don't lose agility or speed. I know there are kids lying to coaches about how bad they are hurt and getting by with painkillers. I don't know much about the money side of things. I agree about the NCAA they prohibit things to look good on the surface, but look the other way when they will profit from it. I truly feel for the current athletes. This last year of covid has devastated alot of schools athletic budgets. To shorten the time to make up deficits the fans will pay more, which is ok, the other is the expenses will be reduced and that could have some real negative impact to the athletes. Have you seen any changes in that aspect?
Take care and keep the MAC racking up points like a pinball machine. Thursday MACaction is fun to bet.
You guys are under alot pressure, get stronger, but don't lose agility or speed. I know there are kids lying to coaches about how bad they are hurt and getting by with painkillers. I don't know much about the money side of things. I agree about the NCAA they prohibit things to look good on the surface, but look the other way when they will profit from it. I truly feel for the current athletes. This last year of covid has devastated alot of schools athletic budgets. To shorten the time to make up deficits the fans will pay more, which is ok, the other is the expenses will be reduced and that could have some real negative impact to the athletes. Have you seen any changes in that aspect?
Take care and keep the MAC racking up points like a pinball machine. Thursday MACaction is fun to bet.
So you are saying you work in the insurance/finance industry? I underwrote for Allied/Nationwide for about 10 years. Grew up in Iowa, lived in Kansas City for a few years after college, then DM for 6 or 7 and Ankeny for the last 20(?). I used to play a lot of holdem at the meadows, but haven't been back there since last spring.
Yeah man. As far as dealing with COVID, a lot of schools cut funding in other sports that are not so much popular and allow popular sports such as football programs to keep up with their funding for scholarships and what not. So a lot of the athletes that are on the short end of the stick are within sports that are not as popular. I’ve visited numerous colleges, including SEC Big10 and PAC schools. Some of them which I will not name use privately funded banks to allow for extra funding for players.
I completely understand your point on keeping my mouth shut but that’s the problem. I myself was lucky to have a father that taught me money management with sports gambling and life in general, he also was the one who recommended me this site tbh. A lot of guys aren’t blessed like that. A lot of them don’t even know who their parents are. Although I’m still young I began taking classes year round to graduate with both degrees within 4 years to get this shit over with. I even declined on doing a pro day in front of scouts recently due to how dark of a place college sports can be. I can’t speak on how it is in the pros but I can tell you with certainty that it is even worse. And also to your point, I don’t expect to make a huge change voicing my experiences but if you’re a father of an athlete, it makes me content providing this information because it is ruining people’s lives. I got one more year left and then I’m done but the crazy thing is that I was willing to dedicate my life to the sport. Year by year my love for the sport fades more and more. It’s gotten to a point where I could really care less if anything happens. Being on a full ride doesn’t make up for the thousands of athletes lives that are ruined to shit. And yes, PEDs mentally mess you up. Most of the time it’s permanent. I’ve also had friends that have developed terrible mental issues because of them. I have a great friend that is projected to be a first/second round draft pick this year and he is so messed up mentally from continued use of PEDs and trying to get off of them cold turkey before he goes pro. It’s extremely sad man.
I appreciate your input tho bro just glad that I can voice my experiences on this topic. Im sure the MAC is fun to gamble on. Last insight I’ll provide is the use of asthma steroids so maybe that’ll give ya an idea why MAC games are more of a track meet than a football game lmfao. Hopefully at some point people are held accountable but until then I’ll continue to openly speak about it.
Alota pressure on a college athlete always but way more now.. Very interesting i never thought about it your way since ive been out for so long as im an old fuker now... lol.... No more 94 mph fastballs just happy i can still play catch w my daughter.... Take care of yourself man and keep r straight... Thx man
This Rick Weiser. I worked with him at Kemper, the mutual fund company mentioned in the article.
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That's crazy. I just sold my catering trailer a couple years ago. Both of my kids were in college so I lost my help. I was ready to be done with it. Its alot of work for small profit.
For competitions we used to cook alot of KCBS contests around Kansas City.
We just started it last year. Son in law smoked alota meat. Soooo we did it. Booked alota stuff last year the Rona fuked us. This year so far booked 3 days a week. And opening a restaurant at the Air Guard Rosecrans in Elwood KS. Not gona b a big $$ deal but should help out the truck.
