PZ since he had a son recently play at this level. Yeah, this is going to be old school take. Not old man yelling at clouds mind you, but still a take that seems either lost or completely outdated. What is going on with academics? I mean this is supposedly COLLEGE football.
1. We never hear of players being academically ineligible. Never.
2. Is Prop 48 even a thing?
3. With these multiple transfers where kids cannot even finish out semesters, how are they having credits transferred, or even if they are enough credits, and how do these guys maintain "fulltime student" status?
4. You would think the one chip schools/NCAA's have to guard against future court rulings is upholding academic standards in regards to transfers, the portal and recruiting. But obviously they don't care.
5. Finally. How come no one, no sports journalist, no column writer, not even a non sports investigative reporter is asking these questions or having any discussions about it?
It sure seems like academics (to quote the former OSU QB Cardale Jones "we aint here for math class) has completely been disregarded and diminished and has absolutely zero decisions in anything except maybe at a few schools like Stanford.
Why does no one even talk about it? Does anyone care?
What I don't want to see is 10 years from now, segments on 60 Minutes or a 30 for 30 or some former athletes "suing" schools because these guys have zero portable skills in the job markets that they are working as janitors or garbagemen. I don't care. No one should care about this because the athletes and their families don't seem to care.
1. We never hear of players being academically ineligible. Never.
2. Is Prop 48 even a thing?
3. With these multiple transfers where kids cannot even finish out semesters, how are they having credits transferred, or even if they are enough credits, and how do these guys maintain "fulltime student" status?
4. You would think the one chip schools/NCAA's have to guard against future court rulings is upholding academic standards in regards to transfers, the portal and recruiting. But obviously they don't care.
5. Finally. How come no one, no sports journalist, no column writer, not even a non sports investigative reporter is asking these questions or having any discussions about it?
It sure seems like academics (to quote the former OSU QB Cardale Jones "we aint here for math class) has completely been disregarded and diminished and has absolutely zero decisions in anything except maybe at a few schools like Stanford.
Why does no one even talk about it? Does anyone care?
What I don't want to see is 10 years from now, segments on 60 Minutes or a 30 for 30 or some former athletes "suing" schools because these guys have zero portable skills in the job markets that they are working as janitors or garbagemen. I don't care. No one should care about this because the athletes and their families don't seem to care.
