Bob DeMars lived the dream of kids in streets and backyards everywhere when he played college football for the University of Southern California. He paid a heavy price, and entered into a fraternity he didn’t see coming. With the release of his new documentary “The Business of Amateurs,” which has been met with wide-ranging acclaim, which includes being used in John Oliver’s absolute The People’s Elbow-ing of the NCAA on “Last Week Tonight,” Bob hopes to spread the word to kids before they make the decisions he and the film’s subjects did.
Here’s the speech that Junior Seau’s daughter, Sydney Seau, would have delivered had the NFL Hall of Fame had the guts to let a daughter honor her father, the first Polynesian to make it into the Hall of Fame.
Here’s some data direct from the NCAA about the probability of making it pro after college (consider playing Powerball instead…?)
(Click photos to enlarge…especially the one where Bobby has someone’s brains in his hands)