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Carolina Speed

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Anyone here on CF familiar with the term "ERASERS" when colleges are recruiting or offering high school football players, mostly white players I'm sure, to preferred walk-on status?

If not, let me know and I'll fill everyone in. Just ran across an interesting article about the subject!
 

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i've never heard the term, Carolina Speed. could you enlighten me?
 

Carolina Speed

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i've never heard the term, Carolina Speed. could you enlighten me?

I will try to paste the article here tomorrow, I'm not quite sure how to do it, but here's what Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema called an "Eraser"

An "Eraser is a hardworking, blue-collar, dedicated student, probably ("White") football player who is asked to walk-on, not receiving a scholarship, No he covers for the 3-star scholarship player probably("black"), who is high-risk because he may flunk out, thug out, whatever, etc. If the high-risk (most cases) black player works out, then you get 2 for the price of one, but if the high-risk player flunks out or whatever else can happen, then the white walk-on gets his scholarship.

The walk-on "ERASES's the "recruiting mistake" made by the recruiters, thus the term "ERASER" is deemed to the hard-working, dedicated white student athlete!

Some may call me a racist for calling the walk-on white and the scholarship athlete black, but the article goes on to mention the following players who were preferred walk-ons: All White to the best of my knowledge.

Jim Leonhard with the N.Y. Jets
Aaron Rodgers/ Green Bay
Jordy Nelson/ Green Bay

Michigan's/Jordan Kovacs
Stanford's/Griff Whalen

Wisconsin's Jared Abbrederis was going to receive a scholarship after his Freshman year, but then black quarterback Russell Wilson arrived, so they decided Mr. Abbrederis wasn't worthy!

3 of 5 Nebraska's starting Offensive linemen were preferred walk-ons. (wonder what color they are)?

We all can name many more!

Every school that finished in the top 12 with the exception of LSU and Arkansas had atleast 1 preferred walk-on that started!

This a crime! Something should be done about this. This is racism against white high school football players period!

There's more to the article and again I will try to post it tomorrow, but this is the what it states for the most part.
 
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Rocketman

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This makes sense! I have a friend who had to walk on at ISU back in the 80's. He told me that one thing a walk on can count on is that some "scholarshipped players" are sure to have trouble adapting to the classroom, and a new community. They usually resort back to the way things were back in their hood and end up in some sort of trouble. When this occurs the walk on has to be ready to seize the opportunity for playing time. With luck they may get a sholarship the next season. Key word their is luck!
 
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