Leinart staying at USC

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Originally Posted by FRPLG

Everyone has a limit to the years left in which their talent will be sufficient to suceed at the NFL level. He is essentially wasting on of those years. And lets be honest...this has nothing to do with getting a degree...i have no idea what his status is but I'd guess he is only half a semester away from a degree either way. He'll probably end up working on grad classes to retain eligibility. This is a bad move made for the sole reason of trying to win a third National Championship and the Heisman again. That gives him what? A gerater sense of pride at most. It certainly doesn't add anything in terms of stature and draft status. His status cannot go higher at this point so this is a bad decision for him but its his call so who are we to quibble with it I guess.

Great post FRPLG!

USC is returnning a lot of players from the 2004 team, so his chances to win another national title and Heisman are strong.
However, he is ready to progress and take the next step as a player and playing against weak college and PAC 10 defenses is just NOT going to help him improve as a player. You are only as good as the competition you play against and college defenses are miles away from NFL defenses. He is holding back his development in a serious way for selfish reasons.."so he can say he won three titles and 2 Heisman trophies.
The main reason I do not like his choice is... a players body only has so much football mileage in it. The average NFL football players career is something like 3.5 years. He is trading one year of college for one year less of NFL. Not a smart trade off. Plus an NFL title has more weight than a NCAA title.