This episode of Room 222 is timeless in nature because it deals with a subject that is still relevant today what is more important in school athletics or academics? The answer should be obvious. The episode deals with Ronnie a decent young man and a fine athlete with a loving mother. Ronnie is overwhelmed with scholarship offers because of his prowess on the playing field and gets an offer from a college that employs a charismatic pitchman (played by Paul Winfield). Pete and Kaufman even go with him to check out the college and they find out something is rotten in the state of Denmark because this college only cares about athletics and not whether their "jocks" graduate or not. There is a tense scene between Pete and Winfield when the latter's shady past and shoddy character are exposed.
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Jimmy_the_Gent413 January 2021
Ronnie Moore is Walt Whitman star football player and is being recruited by a college.
A pretty good episode. A former All American named Jim Williams is looking to get Ronnie in his school. Pete finds out that Williams is being paid to recruit high school athletes and the college is low on academics. Paul Winfield plays Williams and 3 years later would be Oscar nominated for "Sounder". Beah Richards plays Ronnie's mother, she also had an Oscar nomination in 1967 for "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner". And Larry Linville (later Frank Burns on the TV version of "MASH") has a small role as a counselor.
A pretty good episode. A former All American named Jim Williams is looking to get Ronnie in his school. Pete finds out that Williams is being paid to recruit high school athletes and the college is low on academics. Paul Winfield plays Williams and 3 years later would be Oscar nominated for "Sounder". Beah Richards plays Ronnie's mother, she also had an Oscar nomination in 1967 for "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner". And Larry Linville (later Frank Burns on the TV version of "MASH") has a small role as a counselor.
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