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Jonathan Mahler

The NFL's Latest Terrible Idea

If the big question at this year’s NFL combine (courtesy of Manti Te’o) was: “Do you like girls?” The question at next year’s, at least in Goodell's peculiar fantasy, would be: “What’s your GPA?”

In the wake of the murder charge against Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is said to bethinking about not inviting college players who are academically ineligible to the NFL's scouting combine.

In other words, if the big question at this year's combine (courtesy of Manti Te'o) was: "Do you like girls?" The question at next year's, at least in Goodell's peculiar fantasy, would be: "What's your GPA?"