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Michael Finke transferring to Grand Canyon
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<blockquote data-quote="Second and Chalmers" data-source="post: 1392499" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>As does every school, but not into their best programs. Corey Maggette didn't actually major in architecture or whatever.</p><p></p><p>Players are guided into the majors and classes that will keep them eligible and free to spend many, many hours over the NCAA mandated limitations on practice time doing "voluntary" "individual" workouts.</p><p></p><p>This system is actively hostile to athletes getting full value from their "free" education. The hypocrisy goes both directions.</p><p></p><p>There are the occasional exceptions but only in the presence of open-minded coaches, stubborn, single-minded players willing to make sacrifices to their athletic futures, and qualifications that go miles beyond what virtually all revenue sport athletes have.</p><p></p><p>Ryan McDonald was an example like that at U of I. A rare bird. Wouldn't have happened if he'd entered under Zook rather than Turner either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Second and Chalmers, post: 1392499, member: 527609"] As does every school, but not into their best programs. Corey Maggette didn't actually major in architecture or whatever. Players are guided into the majors and classes that will keep them eligible and free to spend many, many hours over the NCAA mandated limitations on practice time doing "voluntary" "individual" workouts. This system is actively hostile to athletes getting full value from their "free" education. The hypocrisy goes both directions. There are the occasional exceptions but only in the presence of open-minded coaches, stubborn, single-minded players willing to make sacrifices to their athletic futures, and qualifications that go miles beyond what virtually all revenue sport athletes have. Ryan McDonald was an example like that at U of I. A rare bird. Wouldn't have happened if he'd entered under Zook rather than Turner either. [/QUOTE]
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