> Why is every semi-pro athlete expected to get a decent GPA in order to play on a university's football team? Because they are not semi-pro athletes. They ar

> Why is every semi-pro athlete expected to get a decent GPA in order to play on a university's football team? Because they are not semi-pro athletes. They are university students first and amateur athletes second. Or at least that's what's being claimed. And as students, they have to pass the same general education curriculum as every other student in the university, and to the same standards. > If, as adults, they choose not to pursue academic studies, and instead choose to focus all of their energy on sports, then they should be allowed to do that without putting their sports career at risk. Sure. But this should be done outside of a university environment. The problem is not that athletes expected to be good students. The problem is that in the US they are expected to be students at all.