BananaShampoo
Captain 'Paign
- Phoenix, AZ
My secretary and I were just discussing this concept when it comes to parenting. (She is expecting her 1st.) In general most parents tend t have a blind eye to the antics of their kids and don't think it possible for them to do wrong.
I think your generalization is wrong. While some parents think their kids can do no wrong, others know better.
Really? Hmm. Thanks.
I wonder if that is why is called a generalization (as I said).
Right, condescension will get you far.
If it's approx. split, it's a false generalization. And I don't think it's split. For parents w/only young ones, sure. But as junior gets older, parents wise up.
I am with you. While they should be punished because that is the rule everyone is supposed to play under I have a really hard time getting worked up about this. We all know a big chunk of these guys are barely literate. To think that most schools are not greasing the grades for them is simply being a denialist or having your head in the sand.
I have said it before. If you are supremely gifted at something but essentially bad at something else, why waste time with the something else? If you are a virtuoso pianist, is it important that you take two years of foreign language? Does the world-class mathematician really need to be able to understand English and Shakespeare? Does a guy that is supremely gifted at bouncing a rubber ball really need to be able to read?
We all should strive to be more than we are but the advances in the world come from people that are supremely gifted at something. The well-rounded guy makes a great school teacher or dentist but is a lot less likely to cure HIV.
Let the ballplayers dispense with the charade of being students. Let them major in basketball if they want and let's stop trying to police nonsense.
How many out there think BB players at UConn, Syracuse, Lville, KY, and Kansas are involved in serious acedemic endeavors?
How many FB players at LSU, Clemson, FSU, Auburn and Ohio St?
The UNC thing is likely going on at multiple places in some form or another. Shameful.
I think he means based off the final rankings, rather than the tournament.
Only problem with that that I can think of, is the four teams in the final four don't necessarily finished ranked 1-4. If you were the tourney runner up, but the coaches poll put you at 3, there would be legitimate beef.
I am self reporting a violation. Anyone that posts an opinion on academic issues should be able to spell academic. I will penalize myself 2 posts per day until yesterday. I consulted with Roy Williams prior to deciding on my penalty:thumb:
I am self reporting a violation. Anyone that posts an opinion on academic issues should be able to spell academic. I will penalize myself 2 posts per day until yesterday. I consulted with Roy Williams prior to deciding on my penalty:thumb:
The NCAA takes academic frog very seriously.
Posted by Foo G
The NCAA takes academic frog very seriously.
Posted by cmore
Who toad you that?
And someone was doubting the value of a quality education?
I'm the only one in my family that received a quality education. It's really not all that surprising since my family is a tad-polish...
Actually, amphibian ya, my uncle is highly educated as well.
I'm the only one in my family that received a quality education. It's really not all that surprising since my family is a tad-polish...
Actually, amphibian ya, my uncle is highly educated as well.
Graduation "gifts" to his players at Kansas. Rampant academic fraud involving his players at North Carolina. And it all comes as a SUCH a surprise to Ole Roy! I wonder if he even knows that his teams won two national titles? :tsk:
Aww, shucks. Coaches don't know everything that's going on within their program.Graduation "gifts" to his players at Kansas. Rampant academic fraud involving his players at North Carolina. And it all comes as a SUCH a surprise to Ole Roy! I wonder if he even knows that his teams won two national titles? :tsk:
Hey, Mark Emmert is actually aware of the academic-fraud investigation at UNC and he actually seems to think it might be a problem. Wonders never cease.
Interesting perspective from Robert Weissberg, Professor Emeritus from the U of I.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/10/the_real_scandal_at_unc.html
Dan Bernstein said:If UNC athletes weren’t there for the education in the first place, there’s no point being mad that they didn’t get one.