The Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart stays at USC for one more year. Shock! Awe! All the cynical writers for all the papers can't understand somebody turning down all that money. Those millions and millions. He'll be sorry.

Some of us understand that the biggest mistake you can ever make in your life is to do something "just for the money." A guarantee of misery. So what about all the guys who go to the NFL after their Junior seasons? They look happy as clams. OK, but think about it. Almost every one of them come from extreme poverty. We read all the time about ten kids living in two or three rooms, mothers who can't feed the family, abusive or absent fathers. The kids who go NFL do it to help their families, not to stick millions in their own pockets. Ryan Leaf anyone? Leinart isn't from a poor family, he went to a private high school (Santa Ana Mater Dei) and his family, while not rich, are decidedly middle class. He has a choice that poor kids don't have. I only wish all kids had the luxury to choose, but most can't. He followed his heart and good for him. He can't fail as a person, and itsn't that what life is all about? If you want to see his almost unbelievable High School passing records, GO HERE it's about half way down the page.

Then again, a cynic might ask, "Who wants to be drafted by the 49ers?"