I don’t know if it’s really true, but when they were discussing how hardly any of the players (like maybe 2 total) were on scholarship, it was a real WTF moment for me. Some of those players are absolutely destitute, so it’s mind-boggling (and sad) that their families are scraping up enough money to pay for them to keep chasing a dream that in all likelihood just isn’t going to pan out. There are exceptions of course (Gary Johnson being just one example), but the vast majority are never going to make it to the NFL. The bloated rosters, and higher enrollment numbers, also put into context the concerns that some of the citizens were raising about expenditures and the purpose of the college. Seemed like the administration and faculty were basically conceding that only a fraction of the students were actually from the community. Based upon the “quality” of the education being provided to the students, it makes one wonder if there is really any meaningful benefit to the community at all.