Desmond Howard's BYU Mission Hustle

http://espn960sports.com/byu/desmond-howard-is-not-a-fan-of-byu-naming-taysom-hill-starting-qb-at-26/



He's not the first to whine about the return missionary "advantage", but here he is making a fool of himself.

“BYU has been getting away with this hustle for years. You have grown men playing against boys, 17, 18, 19 and sometimes 20-year-old,” Howard said. “Ii think this is as fouls as it gets, and I think there needs to be a cutoff age for playing collegiate football

Jake Murphy has chimed in on Twitter defending BYU and missions.

Remember when he made this same argument in 2010?

I suggest that schools that want to gain a "BYU age" advantage ask 20% of their incoming class postpone their playing careers by serving 2 years with the Salvation Army, Red Cross, or other nonprofit charitable organization. They can then go to underdeveloped countries to "age". And remember, you can't workout or practice your sport for the 2 years. Nothing is stopping them from charity work for their players. Is this stuff for real???

SenorCougar wrote:
I suggest that schools that want to gain a "BYU age" advantage ask 20% of their incoming class postpone their playing careers by serving 2 years with the Salvation Army, Red Cross, or other nonprofit charitable organization. They can then go to underdeveloped countries to "age". And remember, you can't workout or practice your sport for the 2 years. Nothing is stopping them from charity work for their players. Is this stuff for real???

We will make it even easier! Let them simply put off enrollment for two years before starting college. No need to even put themselves out serving others. Any takers? No. Desmond's last name is hollow not Howard.

It's time for sports reporters to be embedded for a week with Mormon missionaries.

I always thought Howard was a punk. He's proving me right here.

This is the oldest cliche in the book. No need for anyone to even respond to this, it will do no good. No one talks about age with BYU unless they are winning.

frdbtr wrote:
This is the oldest cliche in the book. No need for anyone to even respond to this, it will do no good. No one talks about age with BYU unless they are winning.

But then the draft happens and suddenly it's such a huge disadvantage to be 24-25.



The biggest disadvantage to serving missions for BYU football is that a bunch of guys come back and football is no longer their first priority. Someone on twitter the other day said that the best BYU teams are those with the least amount of RMs. Would love to see the numbers on that one.



It's a big part of the reason I love BYU though.

It looks as though this writer has unveiled the secret to all of BYU's success for these many years. My concern is that now that the secret is out, BYU's going to face intense recruiting and and other competition from all of the other football programs who clearly will now be starting their own versions of a two year hiatus for their athletes because, clearly, the advantages of such a program are too good to pass up.

Well Howard just picked BYU to win saying Hill will be the reason why. No further age comments.

SenorCougar wrote:
I suggest that schools that want to gain a "BYU age" advantage ask 20% of their incoming class postpone their playing careers by serving 2 years with the Salvation Army, Red Cross, or other nonprofit charitable organization. They can then go to underdeveloped countries to "age". And remember, you can't workout or practice your sport for the 2 years. Nothing is stopping them from charity work for their players. Is this stuff for real???

What about the military. There is nothing stopping coaches from sending boys there to accomplish this so called advantage.

nuk13 wrote:

I suggest that schools that want to gain a "BYU age" advantage ask 20% of their incoming class postpone their playing careers by serving 2 years with the Salvation Army, Red Cross, or other nonprofit charitable organization. They can then go to underdeveloped countries to "age". And remember, you can't workout or practice your sport for the 2 years. Nothing is stopping them from charity work for their players. Is this stuff for real???

What about the military. There is nothing stopping coaches from sending boys there to accomplish this so called advantage.

At least a player could work out while serving in the military.

vancouvercougar wrote:

SenorCougar wrote:
I suggest that schools that want to gain a "BYU age" advantage ask 20% of their incoming class postpone their playing careers by serving 2 years with the Salvation Army, Red Cross, or other nonprofit charitable organization. They can then go to underdeveloped countries to "age". And remember, you can't workout or practice your sport for the 2 years. Nothing is stopping them from charity work for their players. Is this stuff for real???

What about the military. There is nothing stopping coaches from sending boys there to accomplish this so called advantage.

At least a player could work out while serving in the military.

And as a bonus, they would learn some discipline and have a lot more money for college expenses. I am all for two year military missions, though most enlistments require four years to get a GI Bill. They would have to do a modified GI bill for two year stints, like they do for the National Guard.