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Suppose you had an important football player in a class, and because of a grade you gave he missed a big game, do you believe there would be negative repercussi
by calibas 6y ago
Suppose you had an important football player in a class, and because of a grade you gave he missed a big game, do you believe there would be negative repercussions?
If so, there's at least a little bit of pressure towards passing those students. I wouldn't even call it "corruption", just normal human bias that everyone is guilty of.
- impendia 6y agoI don't speak from experience, but I believe the answer to be "probably not" -- at least not on the academic side of things. There would be repercussions for the player of course, and maybe also for the special tutors that athletes get to keep them academically on track. But I doubt the athletics office would even try to contact me or my department chair. Dealing with academic bureaucracies is a giant pain in the ass, and I certainly wouldn't try to make it easier for them. I think there are typically a handful of classes that are known to be "athlete friendly" and I can imagine pressure existing there. Indeed, here is one example I have read about: https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/131523/teaching-a-class-likely-meant-to-inflate-the-gpa-of-student-athletes https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/131523/teaching...