College Football Players And Their Worthless Degrees

[slick1ru2]

I feel absolutely no sympathy for them

You work for the NCAA? Yoy do know that over 50% of these scholarship players are below the poverty level? So they are given a shot at the NFL and schools choose their majors and put them in these paper classes that require no effort and don't take away from their 50-60 hour a week playing/practice schedule. UNC is not the only school I've read a out doing this either. So why are they there? To make money for the schools. PERIOD. SO Fing PAY THEM!

Completely dumb reply.

They came from below the poverty level so they should appreciate what they are getting for free.

And they should know **** well how hard it is to make it to the NFL.

You don't think they have the same access to the news or the TV specials like the one in the OP?

I came from a poor family and I worked full time while attending school. I even had to work while attending high school. I didn't have the benefit of student aid as I HAD to delay college for a few years to work (not many scholarships for "returning students")

They know **** well the risks for the reward. They have complete say in what they choose to do, from what school they attend to their classes and majors.

They choose money and fame over everything else. And these decisions come when they are already old enough.

You are clueless. Or you work for the NCAA. Period. So if it's not two, it's one.

Based on your reply it's obvious that there is no reason to continue this conversation.

You clearly are nowhere near the brightest bulb and just want to spew out agendas, so I'm done with this thread.

You have no idea what is happening, won't educate yourself and yet form an opinion based on your non-applicable experience. And you question my intelligence? Edited May 9, 2014 by slick1ru2

[slick1ru2]

do these players have no say in what classes they take?

 

Yes, they can choose their classes - if they want to. The problem is, they're looking with 20-40 foresight instead of 20-20 hindsight.

 

Offer a college student - ANY college student - a slate of easy classes v. hard classes, and most of them will take the easy way out.

 

Many of the hard-times athletes haven't been sufficiently prepared for college by their high schools - THIS is where the real tragedy lies.

There are students that have wanted to declare a major and were steered away from it because of the amount of time they require and take from football. That isn't a student-athlete, that's an athlete-student. The Ivy League is the on,y conference that treats athletics like it should be and puts academics over sports.

[slick1ru2]

https://twitter.com/DanWolken/statuses/448652458005639168

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http://m.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/johnehoover/john-e-hoover-eligibility-is-the-focus-but-should-not/article_866f75ad-6771-5558-8084-b6eccb2aa691.html?mode=jqm#.UzLd6X_q2ts.twitter

 

 

Gurney, the OU assistant professor who was interviewed by "Real Sports" correspondent Bernard Goldberg for a segment called "Gaming the System," was originally tasked with making sure OU student-athletes stay eligible in what he now calls a "fraudulent enterprise." He essentially says the NCAA system in place, which emphasizes graduation over education, is broken.

 

It's almost heartbreaking to watch former Memphis defensive lineman Dasmine Cathey show Goldberg his stack of Dr. Seuss books he used to try to teach himself how to read...

 

 

[slick1ru2]

http://blatanthomerism.com/articles/2014/3/breaking-hbo-finds-academic-chicanery-in-college-football

 

 

 

BREAKING: HBO finds academic chicanery in college football

March 25, 2014

If you've been paying attention at all lately, the much anticipated segment on academics in major college athletics that aired Tuesday night on HBO's Real Sports shouldn't have knocked your socks off.

 

In a nutshell, the report, which briefly touched on life in the classroom for the Oklahoma football team, examined the effects of the NCAA's campaign to boost graduation rates and academic performance among athletes. Not surprisingly, HBO's investigative team found out that when you impose arbitrary academic mandates on institutions, it promotes fraud and steering athletes into ******** majors. Numerous athletes essentially end up majoring in "staying eligible," which leaves them with few marketable skills once they leave school.

In other words, those stats on APR and graduation rates are worth about as much as the paper that many athletes' diplomas are printed on.

 

I did notice the response from Bob Stoops to the segment drawing praise from the punditry. Much of what OU's head coach had to say about accountability and what happens when players get to college has merit.

However, you never hear coaches address what I view as a far thornier question: Are athletes who don't have the academic background for legit college coursework being exploited? Throw in the time commitments of playing football with starting from behind in the classroom and it seems unreasonable to expect that these players will receive an education of much consequence.

 

Edited May 9, 2014 by slick1ru2

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http://blatanthomerism.com/articles/2014/3/breaking-hbo-finds-academic-chicanery-in-college-football

 

 

 

BREAKING: HBO finds academic chicanery in college football

March 25, 2014

If you've been paying attention at all lately, the much anticipated segment on academics in major college athletics that aired Tuesday night on HBO's Real Sports shouldn't have knocked your socks off.

 

In a nutshell, the report, which briefly touched on life in the classroom for the Oklahoma football team, examined the effects of the NCAA's campaign to boost graduation rates and academic performance among athletes. Not surprisingly, HBO's investigative team found out that when you impose arbitrary academic mandates on institutions, it promotes fraud and steering athletes into ******** majors. Numerous athletes essentially end up majoring in "staying eligible," which leaves them with few marketable skills once they leave school.

In other words, those stats on APR and graduation rates are worth about as much as the paper that many athletes' diplomas are printed on.

 

I did notice the response from Bob Stoops to the segment drawing praise from the punditry. Much of what OU's head coach had to say about accountability and what happens when players get to college has merit.

However, you never hear coaches address what I view as a far thornier question: Are athletes who don't have the academic background for legit college coursework being exploited? Throw in the time commitments of playing football with starting from behind in the classroom and it seems unreasonable to expect that these players will receive an education of much consequence.

 

 

 

 

If they're not eligible for college academic work, they shouldn't be eligible for college sports work.

[slick1ru2]

http://blatanthomerism.com/articles/2014/3/breaking-hbo-finds-academic-chicanery-in-college-football

 

 

 

BREAKING: HBO finds academic chicanery in college football

March 25, 2014

If you've been paying attention at all lately, the much anticipated segment on academics in major college athletics that aired Tuesday night on HBO's Real Sports shouldn't have knocked your socks off.

 

In a nutshell, the report, which briefly touched on life in the classroom for the Oklahoma football team, examined the effects of the NCAA's campaign to boost graduation rates and academic performance among athletes. Not surprisingly, HBO's investigative team found out that when you impose arbitrary academic mandates on institutions, it promotes fraud and steering athletes into ******** majors. Numerous athletes essentially end up majoring in "staying eligible," which leaves them with few marketable skills once they leave school.

In other words, those stats on APR and graduation rates are worth about as much as the paper that many athletes' diplomas are printed on.

 

I did notice the response from Bob Stoops to the segment drawing praise from the punditry. Much of what OU's head coach had to say about accountability and what happens when players get to college has merit.

However, you never hear coaches address what I view as a far thornier question: Are athletes who don't have the academic background for legit college coursework being exploited? Throw in the time commitments of playing football with starting from behind in the classroom and it seems unreasonable to expect that these players will receive an education of much consequence.

 

 

If they're not eligible for college academic work, they shouldn't be eligible for college sports work.

The colleges are still apparently bringing in kids that are illiterate. This is on the schools, not the kids coming from the projects.

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http://blatanthomerism.com/articles/2014/3/breaking-hbo-finds-academic-chicanery-in-college-football

BREAKING: HBO finds academic chicanery in college football

March 25, 2014

If you've been paying attention at all lately, the much anticipated segment on academics in major college athletics that aired Tuesday night on HBO's Real Sports shouldn't have knocked your socks off.

In a nutshell, the report, which briefly touched on life in the classroom for the Oklahoma football team, examined the effects of the NCAA's campaign to boost graduation rates and academic performance among athletes. Not surprisingly, HBO's investigative team found out that when you impose arbitrary academic mandates on institutions, it promotes fraud and steering athletes into ******** majors. Numerous athletes essentially end up majoring in "staying eligible," which leaves them with few marketable skills once they leave school.

In other words, those stats on APR and graduation rates are worth about as much as the paper that many athletes' diplomas are printed on.

I did notice the response from Bob Stoops to the segment drawing praise from the punditry. Much of what OU's head coach had to say about accountability and what happens when players get to college has merit.

However, you never hear coaches address what I view as a far thornier question: Are athletes who don't have the academic background for legit college coursework being exploited? Throw in the time commitments of playing football with starting from behind in the classroom and it seems unreasonable to expect that these players will receive an education of much consequence.

If they're not eligible for college academic work, they shouldn't be eligible for college sports work.

The colleges are still apparently bringing in kids that are illiterate. This is on the schools, not the kids coming from the projects.

if they can't read they shouldn't be on the high school field either

[slick1ru2]

http://blatanthomerism.com/articles/2014/3/breaking-hbo-finds-academic-chicanery-in-college-football

BREAKING: HBO finds academic chicanery in college football

March 25, 2014

If you've been paying attention at all lately, the much anticipated segment on academics in major college athletics that aired Tuesday night on HBO's Real Sports shouldn't have knocked your socks off.

In a nutshell, the report, which briefly touched on life in the classroom for the Oklahoma football team, examined the effects of the NCAA's campaign to boost graduation rates and academic performance among athletes. Not surprisingly, HBO's investigative team found out that when you impose arbitrary academic mandates on institutions, it promotes fraud and steering athletes into ******** majors. Numerous athletes essentially end up majoring in "staying eligible," which leaves them with few marketable skills once they leave school.

In other words, those stats on APR and graduation rates are worth about as much as the paper that many athletes' diplomas are printed on.

I did notice the response from Bob Stoops to the segment drawing praise from the punditry. Much of what OU's head coach had to say about accountability and what happens when players get to college has merit.

However, you never hear coaches address what I view as a far thornier question: Are athletes who don't have the academic background for legit college coursework being exploited? Throw in the time commitments of playing football with starting from behind in the classroom and it seems unreasonable to expect that these players will receive an education of much consequence.

If they're not eligible for college academic work, they shouldn't be eligible for college sports work.

The colleges are still apparently bringing in kids that are illiterate. This is on the schools, not the kids coming from the projects.

if they can't read they shouldn't be on the high school field either

All goes back to money. There is more than one high school in the county I live in with Jumbotrons.

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http://blatanthomerism.com/articles/2014/3/breaking-hbo-finds-academic-chicanery-in-college-football

 

BREAKING: HBO finds academic chicanery in college football

March 25, 2014

If you've been paying attention at all lately, the much anticipated segment on academics in major college athletics that aired Tuesday night on HBO's Real Sports shouldn't have knocked your socks off.

In a nutshell, the report, which briefly touched on life in the classroom for the Oklahoma football team, examined the effects of the NCAA's campaign to boost graduation rates and academic performance among athletes. Not surprisingly, HBO's investigative team found out that when you impose arbitrary academic mandates on institutions, it promotes fraud and steering athletes into ******** majors. Numerous athletes essentially end up majoring in "staying eligible," which leaves them with few marketable skills once they leave school.

In other words, those stats on APR and graduation rates are worth about as much as the paper that many athletes' diplomas are printed on.

I did notice the response from Bob Stoops to the segment drawing praise from the punditry. Much of what OU's head coach had to say about accountability and what happens when players get to college has merit.

However, you never hear coaches address what I view as a far thornier question: Are athletes who don't have the academic background for legit college coursework being exploited? Throw in the time commitments of playing football with starting from behind in the classroom and it seems unreasonable to expect that these players will receive an education of much consequence.

If they're not eligible for college academic work, they shouldn't be eligible for college sports work.

The colleges are still apparently bringing in kids that are illiterate. This is on the schools, not the kids coming from the projects.

if they can't read they shouldn't be on the high school field either

 

 

Zachary my point from earlier.