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"I want to coach Division 1, so I'm going to cheat my students through the system so that I can get the job." Yeah, that benefits hundreds of college athletes.
by Retra 12y ago
"I want to coach Division 1, so I'm going to cheat my students through the system so that I can get the job."
Yeah, that benefits hundreds of college athletes. It also screws over anyone that is trying to honestly do well and competing for the same positions. If you think it benefits college athletes to not get an education, then maybe don't give them degrees.
- LanceH 12y agoNCAA athletics is a zero sum game for the athlete. If you keep one bad apple, you necessarily don't get a new student in. When they talk about requiring a 900 SAT and how that would deny some people, it is true in a sense. But it also opens the door for someone 900+ who doesn't run the ball quite as well. The same number of people get scholarships either way, but the quality of the game may go down a smidge.
- jessaustin 12y agoNCAA is rotten from the head to the tail. It's bad for athletics, bad for athletes, bad for students, bad for colleges. We can be sure that crap like this goes on at every NCAA institution.
- Retra 12y agoI don't see the advantage in letting people run around thinking "If I'm really really good at basketball, it doesn't matter if I'm dumb as a rock." It does matter. Giving people hope isn't worth it if you don't actually make them better people in the process.