Great, now if we can only get our major sport student-athletes to graduate with a degree that has some meaningful relevance to what the real world values, instead of something like a diploma from Grade 13, maybe we'll have something to brag about. .
I posted here a link ast March, from the USAToday who did a 3-part series on College "Clustering" of student-athletes. Basically, the plan at most Universities it to get a majority of their athletes jammed into one curriculum, that is 'sports friendly': No Afternoon Labs/ Professors with little project demands / and courses that allow exams by Fax & email.......say something like 'General Studies', and as long as they maintain the minimum GPA, like 2.3, or whatever, and progress towards a degree, the NCAA, and the University Admins, look the other way.
The article looked at something like 40 different D-1 programs, including Iowa, Kansas State,even Princeton et al (most B12 schools except ISU and Baylor) and found >70% of the Juniors & Seniors were all majoring in the same subject - a subject that is so vague and worthless, that most of the athletes with degrees had to reenter college at age 26 - after they found out their degree was worth nothing to most mid-level salaried career paths.
The fact is major College Sports programs use these kids for their own monetary benefit, with little regard for their long-term welfare, only to throw them out to the real world when their meaningful utility is expired, kinda like how Hugh Heffner tosses out girlfriends when they reach age 29.
