Cheick Diallo & KU - Ineligible?
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I would be willing to put the whole wad on McKay for the win Alex. Who is going to school Diallo on Big 12 Basketball and Iowa State?
Love this argument and could take it to the Jackson vs Simpson comparison. BDJ was talented, but too much attitude.
Exactly the same. If they are not bright enough for college, hasta la vista. We have dumbed the schools down enough, no need to accelerate the process.
Let's face it. Diallo is going to make more his first year out of school without a degree than most college grads make their whole lives
I hope he makes tons of money. But his salary short term and long term will not be based on what he learns in college courses. Therefore, he should not be a college student.
The issue isn't with Diallo's scores or intelligence its with the classes (or lack thereof) he took at that high school. His ACT/SAT was good enough to get into college and he has already completed college classes. No he shouldn't be a college student but the NBAPA bargained away his rights to work in the NBA, thus we are left with the sham of 1 and dones. Also your last statement is moronic. Niang's Morris' and McKay's salaries will not be based on what they learn in college courses, thus by your logic they shouldn't be on college either.
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This delay has nothing to do with Diallo. It is about his school and what courses they offer. All of his grades and test scores are fine. He has been accepted as a student at Kansas and has already completed classes over the summer. I find it comical that the ncaa states that they are not in the business of determining the validity of COLLEGE courses taken by ncaa athletes:
http://www.syracuse.com/orangebaske...yracuse_case_was_in_the_ncaas_wheelhouse.html
but they are apparently in the business of determining the validity of high school courses.
All your doing is proving that some colleges also allow stupid people who aren't athletes to get degrees.
What's your our point? That doesn't mean he should be able to skip the requirements. This isn't the NAIA.
You can be intelligent and do well on the SAT/ACT while still having attended a crappy school. The school doesn't determine your intelligence. Your willingness to study does.
Let's be honest here. The majority of people's short and long term earning aren't based on what they learn in college courses. Nearly every company has a training program that teaches you what you need to know to do your job. Does that mean most people shouldn't be college students?
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Again, this isn't about how well Diallo did in school. It is about what classes his high school offered to him and how they classified them. To which I fall back on my original argument which is the direct quote from the President of the NCAA: "Anybody who has ever spent time at a university, if you ask them, should an official from the NCAA walk in and say that's not a good enough class? That's a laughable proposition," Emmert said. "We never want a national association to become arbiter of (course) legitimacy." If it's not their job to determine the validity of a college class and whether it is too easy or the required grade to play is too easy to attain then why on earth is it their job to determine that in regards to a HIGH SCHOOL?!?
His SAT score was high enough to be admitted to the University so that is not the problem. If your high school says "here are the English classes we offer this year" and you take one of them and get a good grade in it only to have the ncaa says "we aren't going to count that English class as an English class" then how is it that you're dumb? I applaud you for sticking to your guns but you're defending a stupid point.
Which is exactly why Perry Ellis has volunteered to be Diallo's personal academic advisor/tudor.
