The ones I had to deal with were not interested in an education. Their classes were time wasters as far as they were concerned. So when I failed one or two, I was called first into the dept chair's office about the failure, then the dean's. Both players would have lost their eligibility if the grade was maintained. but the dean arbitrarily made their final grades a B - based on a "special project".
the players were not there to learn, and of course they did not. I have no problem with those using the opportunity, but if you're not at university to learn then why are you there in the first place. In this case it was to play in the football farm system known as US college football. As I said its one of the best scams that the private sector has pulled over American colleges and universities. On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:15 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Not impressed with College football players. Semi literate is a good >> description of many. >> > > Would they be completely illiterate, without football? > > By that i mean, do sports open the door to an education that might no > otherwise have been obtained? You criticize football players for being > dumb, and yet, they are trying to get an education...which, isn't that what > we WANT them to do? Isn't that kind of like laughing at a toddler for > trying to walk, because they aren't very good at it? > > A young man who's not very bright, but works hard in sports, gets a > scholarship, and manages to somehow graduate with a degree, even if his GPA > barely makes the cut.....man, I'd say that's MUCH more impressive than the > naturally smart egghead who breezes through college with a 4.0 and his > virginity still intact. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352091 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
