Politicians question academic requirements for jocks

[Rye Catcher]

According to the pols, if you can stuff the ball, to hell with an education. I wonder if these donkeys would whine as much if the school was UCLA? No wonder this country is in trouble, our leaders are idiots.

http://news.yahoo.com/connecticut-lawma ... --spt.html

[guru]

That thread headline is more than a little misleading. Nothing has been "downgraded". Just a bunch of election year soundbite bluster from the hometown politicos.

[Rye Catcher]

That thread headline is more than a little misleading. Nothing has been "downgraded". Just a bunch of election year soundbite bluster from the hometown politicos.

Is that better?

[jhc68]

Outrageous... the NCAA actually expects that 51% of the team should be making progress toward graduation!!!
Me, I'd say that any athlete not taking and passing enough of the proper units toward graduation should be immediately ineligible. Guess I must be some sort of egghead idealist.

[gh]

A brilliant piece, looking at "student athlete" graduation rates that we had on the front page a week or so ago:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/31/opini ... .html?_r=2

[Conor Dary]

One of my favorite NYTimes columnists. A great piece.

[gm]

Crack wise all you want, but as someone with more than a slight interest in this subject and skin in the game, I would urge you to immerse yourselves in the NCAA manual and see just what APR is all about.

I can't speak for major football or basketball, since those have their own specific issues, but track and field coaches across the country sweat it every semester. You have one or two folks who don't pass a class, or make a C when a B is required in the major, and you may be in trouble. It doesn't take a lot to drop the APR below the danger level.

EDIT: And the fact you misspelled the very first word of this thread title is hilarious.

[Rye Catcher]

Crack wise all you want, but as someone with more than a slight interest in this subject and skin in the game, I would urge you to immerse yourselves in the NCAA manual and see just what APR is all about.

I can't speak for major football or basketball, since those have their own specific issues, but track and field coaches across the country sweat it every semester. You have one or two folks who don't pass a class, or make a C when a B is required in the major, and you may be in trouble. It doesn't take a lot to drop the APR below the danger level.

EDIT: And the fact you misspelled the very first word of this thread title is hilarious.

I didn't think it looked right so it is corrected.