It's pretty tenuous as it is

It's pretty tenuous as it is
by ravenium (2023-03-27 13:34:25)

In reply to: why exactly would they eliminate the student requirement? posted by jt

I get it, I took Marketing with the football players. Some courses are sort of "easier" than others intentionally. It happens. But it's still a far cry from people majoring in PE or General Studies.

But for every group like that you have a student that takes the harder road. I think Jabari Holloway had like a 3.85 in Engineering. Sure, he gets personal tutors but you have to apply some elbow grease to do that and be a starting player.

Honestly, if we're going to start paying people big bucks, then why make that contingent on being a student? It's sort of an insult to the students and the other sports.

I take exception to your "title 9 boogeyman" on behalf of him. You continually state anyone wanting anything other than your scheme is propping up corrupt ADs, which is certainly not the case. "AD boogeyman" maybe?

Replies:

there is a very simple reason to keep the academic - jt 2023-03-27 13:46:08
- jt, you keep mixing apples and oranges w/r/t the "courts - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 14:29:08
  - what happens to title 9 when/if there are no scholarships? - jt 2023-03-27 15:51:35
    - I don't give a damn about the NCAA or Swarbrick. I'm high- - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 18:55:18
      - There are complex variables at play - jt 2023-03-27 19:58:39
        There seems to be an assumption there that girls don't care - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 21:33:12
        Oh, I don't think that's accurate in the slightest - jt 2023-03-27 22:15:17
        The solution to specious arguments shouldn't be more - ravenium 2023-03-29 13:38:57
        Oh sure, they want to be paid - jt 2023-03-29 23:05:08
- I might be advocating exactly what he fears - ravenium 2023-03-27 14:25:30
  - I tend to agree with you. Why not have both? - smithwick 2023-03-27 14:39:27
    - I wonder if the Bettis model might be a good one - ravenium 2023-03-28 12:49:50
help me understand the students and olympic sport athletes - MrE 2023-03-27 13:39:29
- ND probably isn't the right example to think of when - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 19:08:22
  - It'll be interesting to see how it all shakes out. - MrE 2023-03-27 20:29:50
- I mean, what kind of person walks around jealous - jt 2023-03-27 15:49:04
  - there will be locker room strife. - MrE 2023-03-27 17:19:50
    - Or spread it among the student body. - doolinbanjos 2023-03-28 12:24:22
      - Would prefer to end the exploitation of the football players - MrE 2023-03-28 17:16:05
        It's been said here before. - doolinbanjos 2023-03-28 18:00:05
        Major CFB is a pro league/$6B industry. - MrE 2023-03-28 18:29:03