No sadly in this day and age people who think like you are one of the reasons we have such a high crime rate. They put all their eggs in one basket, and when they don't make it, for whatever reason, they turn to crime, because they never got an education. Hello, most recent example, Maurice Clarrett.
He has drive, but not work ethic. He is driven to make a life out of football.
Vince Young in the one in a million that didn't need school. The problem is that too many kids that don't have enough talent and take after people who do. Never met a dillusional person?
But it does when you don't make it, and you end up with no education, and have to either work at Burger King or become a criminal.
Don't forget, even if you have the skill, all it takes is 1 hit to end an NFL dream.