Half way, yes. On the other hand, many of the players are really decent, very hard working people. Demario McCall, for instance, is a very quick former runner with poor hands who could play at 90% of the colleges in US. When asked this fall in a video why he stayed at OSU this year to try to play cornerback in his 6th year, he said he loves OSU and stayed for the brotherhood. Also, episodes like Nick Bosa taking it to Baker Mayfield after sacking Mayfield in 49ers game against Cleveland and mocking Mayfield running around with a flag at the horse shoe. To this point it seems like a substantial majority of players at OSU, including big time pros, are very loyal to OSU and appreciate their experience. Even Joe Burrow was very happy with his OSU experience and what he was taught.
The sole purpose of the program is not the results on the field. Meyer's real life Wednesdays is a very serious program designed to help players after football ends. https://www.on3.com/teams/ohio-stat...ate-urban-meyer-real-life-wednesday-job-fair/ Also, Kamryn Babb (a receiver with about 4 acl tears) was named a captain this year even though he has about zero chance of making the field.
On the other hand, with NIL I wonder how loyal players can and will be. For instance, when Miyan Williams made an 80 yard run in the first game this year, my first thought was that he just made $10,000.
To summarize, at least before NIL, mostly very good, hard working people at the top of their game. Whether you call them pros or students, I don't care. Don't know whether the past good qualities of the players will continue under NIL.
Personally, I think virtually all universities are cesspools of groupthink and I have very little loyalty to OSU as an academic institution and think it is just as bad as Yale, UC Berkeley, Evergreen or whatever university you want to name.
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