Can someone explain this to me?
https://247sports.com/college/georgia/Article/Bulldogs-add-Brandon-Bunkley-Cody-Carder-JC-Vega-as-preferred-walk-ons-128393904/?fbclid=IwAR1GY4vibdPiNxNFikEqQhCczgAgP-9UFqBXl2SD3Kgzs5e4IwUQ_W_FmkQ
Option 1: Free college at Tennessee State (or some FCS school).,
Option 2: Work your butt off while paying for college at a P5 school while likely rarely seeing the field.
Some reasons, good, bad or indifferent.
-Kids have been told their whole lives that hard work has brought them success. This is half true, sometimes less than half true, but kids believe it. Many believe they will get there and it will be like HS. They're wrong, but it happens.
-They might not be paying full freight. Big public schools often give some breaks to in-state students.If you have good grades, might not be so pricy.
-Some people just really want to be part of say the Georgia Bulldogs. They get to be around big college football. They get to run onto the field at a big ole stadium to raucous cheers. They might even get in. There's some personal value to that as compared to say playing in a smaller stadium in the Ohio Valley conference. (I recall hearing about a kid did just that in another state. He grew up rooting for a team, whole family did. And he ended up getting to wear that jersey, run out on that field and got his engineering degree just the same)
-Some kids just want to go to one kind of school over another. I could've gone to Cal State East Bay for not much money. Shoot, I probably could've gone to a private school for a little less (they throw money at some folks). But I wanted a particular experience.
-There's a certain level of value if you A. want to get into coaching or B. Want to work in business in your state. If you're selling insurance, waving around your Georgia athletics ring and sharing Richt stories might be pretty helpful. Boosters with businesses might like you and help you out. Plus, if you endear yourself to your coaches, and having a nationally famous millionaire as a reference would be good.
So in the end, there's reasons. There's nothing wrong with being a guard for Tennessee State either, but there's no guarantee you'll play there either. And if you're just some backup guard at TSU (and someone is doing that), you're not playing and you're not getting the perks of a Bulldog. (Granted, you live in Nashville, which sounds fine.)
