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Should Notre Dame two-sport star Tom Zbikowski give up boxing and stick to football? Should a student give up chemistry, and stick to history? You've got to be joking! Why can't Tom do both, isn't this America? Some professional athletes compete in the Olympics, all rules are out the window. Professional vs amateur, it happens all the time now.

Does Zbikowski compete in boxing matches during football season? I don't think so! Charlie Weis (his football coach) would never allow it, and rightly so. Concentrate on one sport at a time. Getting injured in one sport may not let you play the other. If you are playing for a professional team, your contract will stipulate what you can, and cannot do.

Tom is not a professional athlete, he can do what he wants. As long as he isn't involved playing for a university during the season he has been given a scholarship for. He must be a tough kid to be involved with these two vicious sports. In fact I live in his hometown, but I do not have any connection to him. His name is very popular here, and the people root for him. I hate Notre Dame, but I hope he does well. If he boxes, I'm on his side.

I just can't understand why people want to limit others from what they are allowed to do. We have had two sport stars before such as, Bo Jackson, Dion Sanders as well as many others. Why not Tom Zbikowski ? Maybe someone is playing the race card? Calm down, I'm only kidding. I'm trying to figure out why someone would think of this debate?

Maybe he will become a professional football player, and make lots of money. At the same time he could box, and pile it on the football money. That's it, jealousy. I don't think so. Maybe Tom's mother proposed this debate. She only wants to protect her "baby." Nah , that would still leave him playing one really tough sport. I'm even running out of things to say about this topic.

Maybe this debate was started by someone that wants to be his agent for a particular sport. Wait a minute, two sports, two agents. This is a fight between the agents, to get Mr. Zbikowski to sign with them, based on what we the people want to see him participate in. This could be the biggest conspiracy theory of the year, or the decade. Wait until the results of this debate hits the news stands, and magazines. TOMMY Z, WHICH WILL IT BE?

Doesn't the poor twenty year old collge kid have enough to think about when he reads the papers? Would you want your kid to see his name in print with this story. He has enough problems with Notre Dame having its worst football season ever (I love that part).

So should Notre Dame's Tommy Zbikowski two-sport star Tom Zbikowski give up boxing and stick to football? I say, GET A LIFE! Try to be good at one thing if you can. If you're blessed with the ability to be good at two, go for it. Don't let others hold you back.

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