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by coryrc 4y ago

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/unc-investigation-athletes-pushed-into-fake-classes-by-counselors/ https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/unc-investig... Even when they actually have a class to go to, they are dumbed-down like the one described here: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/dumbed-down-math-classes-are-such-a-waste.1980976/ https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/dumbed-down-math-classe... Though, not all athletes, of course. The best player at my school was a legitimate mechanical engineer! Most of the rest were business majors.

rowanG077 4y ago
Wow, I'm not from the US so I never expected this. In NL here this would be impossible to do. Incredible that that is legal.
- wolverine876 4y ago
  It is very common and widely accepted in the US, sadly. And then consider that they don't pay the students. Many colleges bring in over $100 million from sports, using the labor of these people, and don't pay them a dime. Head coaches regularly make $5-10 million; administrators do well too, TV networks and their employees bring in billions.