WTF???? Does this support the Freep claim or run against it???

When Rosenberg's article first came out and the initial panic ensued, my first reaction was that if there was a legitimate story in here somewhere, it would be a between the lines criticism of all major college football programs. Something like, 'college experience and scholastic achievement suffer for athletes at major Division 1A programs' due to the extreme practice regimen that student-athletes take on. Or alternatively, 'Division 1A football players shown more likely to suffer practice related injuries than ever before' due to heightened demands for peak performance. You know, something more substantiated than, 'college athletes practice hard...maybe too hard.' Because how do you determine, past an arbitrary stance, when practicing hard becomes practicing 'too hard?' Subsequently as more information came out, even these proposed storyline seem ultimately refutable: top team GPA + consistent community service = Long Live the Michigan Man. And on the latter argument, college strength and conditioning programs across the board have been stressing core exercises and movements specifically designed to help the player avoid injury. See generally, any interview with Mike Barwis. Ergo, should the Freep manufacture a newsworthy criticism from the past week's mania, it will have to be a call for heightened black-letter NCAA requirements. Along the lines of: 'NCAA must install minimum GPA requirement consistent with, or more competitive than, class GPAs across NCAA student body at-large'. Or, re: the latter argument, 'NCAA must install core regimen at all major programs to minimize risk of injury to student athletes (assuming there is a heightened risk of injury at all).' Otherwise, I don't understand the onslaught of criticism. Student-athletes go to college for two reasons: an education and to audition for the NFL. College football players therefore automatically are some of the hardest working folks on college campuses. NCAA guidelines be damned, they're going to work as hard as it takes football-wise, and the motivation is definitely just as self driven as it is head-coach required. That's what makes these guys so damn admirable, and why we put our Michigan Men on such high pedestals. So let's be honest with ourselves: until there is installed a valid subsystem to professional football besides NCAA collegiate athletics, NCAA rules and regulations will never be followed in their strictest sense. College football is an athlete's best shot to draw attention from professional scouts. You're going to go above and beyond 9 times out of 10. And 9 times out 10, there will always be the handful of walk-ons with exceptional academic achievements to their credit to round out the team's chemistry. I'm not saying it's a total non-issue, but it's certainly nowhere near newsworthy as it has been the last several days.

Yes he said the team was at Schembechler Hall on Sundays. NO reporter asked him to break down his time. There's probably a good reason for that - because between meals, tape, rehab, and other activities, there's a good chance the coaching staff didn't violate any rules and Clemons acknowledged that by signing a compliance form. That's on Joe Schad, Rosenberg and Snyder, not Clemons.

Dont forget to save the passenger seat for Boren...