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Playing College Football is a Privilege

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Many moons ago I, too, played college football. While I don’t pretend that tiny Beloit College in any way resembles playing football at Notre Dame (though we did feature a slick blue and gold color scheme, I was proud to wear our colors and represent our school for four consecutive seasons.

The perks were small – no sponsors, no TV, no bowl games, and certainly no swag. We did get $6 in meal money during road trips and new game socks each week when we played at home. As young student-athletes, there were also some off the field high jinks – though nothing like last week’s events at Notre Dame.