It’s way worse than that, I’ve known quite a few college athletes over the years, the average student athlete will drop out their junior year because they either run out of scholarship funds or realize they just aren’t good enough for a professional league and cut their losses. This is also due to the majority of athletes getting put in high school plus degrees they know are worthless but have very low in seat and time demands so they can focus on athletics. This is by design in many colleges who have “academic requirements” but that means getting a C or better in a high school algebra class.
The other scam is they tell professors who have star athletes in them that they can't have attendance requirements, give quizzes, or assign papers and that they can only give a midterm and a final.
A friend of mine went to a school where a big name NBA player graduated from while he was there and people used to clamor to get into classes he was in because they knew there would be zero work done in them.
I'm for it. Too many athletes haven't actually gotten an education. Let them create their own world completely and leave academia to rot.
It’s way worse than that, I’ve known quite a few college athletes over the years, the average student athlete will drop out their junior year because they either run out of scholarship funds or realize they just aren’t good enough for a professional league and cut their losses. This is also due to the majority of athletes getting put in high school plus degrees they know are worthless but have very low in seat and time demands so they can focus on athletics. This is by design in many colleges who have “academic requirements” but that means getting a C or better in a high school algebra class.
The other scam is they tell professors who have star athletes in them that they can't have attendance requirements, give quizzes, or assign papers and that they can only give a midterm and a final.
A friend of mine went to a school where a big name NBA player graduated from while he was there and people used to clamor to get into classes he was in because they knew there would be zero work done in them.