Tuesday, January 20, 2026

College Athletes Who Aren't Students

College sports has gotten really weird.

According to an online post I saw, "Carson Beck has played six years of college football. The last two years he's been the quarterback for the Miami Hurricanes [who lost to Indiana-U last night in a truly thrilling CFP national championship]. He graduated from the University of George with a degree two years ago. He has not attended a single class at the University of Miami. But he has been the school's starting quarterback during that time, and he makes $4 million a year in NIL money as the team's QB."

Apparently, this is true after the supposed "college" athlete turned heads with a basic admission of that status during a pre-game press conference. 

When asked if he attended class earlier in the week ahead of Monday night's title game, he laughed off the question. "No class. I graduated two years ago," Beck said.

Beck, who attended Georgia before transferring, added that he is "working toward other degrees now that I’ve gotten to Miami, but these programs take a little longer than just a year to finish."

"Obviously, I'm not enrolling again next semester. I'll be done after this season," Beck continued.

And that is, in my opinion, just really bizarre. 

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