College Athletics

My perspective of college athletics is that i think majority of the athletes (football and basketball) go to college to just play a sport, and if they get a degree that is just a bonus. Most of my friends that have attended D1 schools rarely receive a degree and if they do get a degree it is because they went back to get it after taking a break from school. In football and basketball as much as people want it to be school first, athletics second, it is the other way around. Lets be real, these athletes probably would not attend college if they did not play a sport. Plus in D1, the players know that they are one step away from the pro's where they will probably make more money playing a couple years then they will the rest of their life working a regular job.