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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 3388423" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>when we first moved to Oxford i had a job mentoring student athletes on campus. One thing was pretty clear, the more important you were the more supporting help you received. Some athletes only had tutors in certain subjects, but the 'names' had them in each subject, as well as mentors. Basically more people to help keep them on track.</p><p></p><p>Schools also spend a lot of money to make sure they don't become ineligible. Football usually has a lot of academic specialists (both because of importance but also sizes of teams) compared to smaller sports. These folks set up schedules, monitor grades, etc. My wife gets lots of progress report requests when she has an athlete. </p><p></p><p>They often have a list of classes and teachers they prefer athletes use (ease of the course, willingness of the instructor to be flexible and help, etc). Online classes are normal. It's also pretty common to schedule a full course load with the understanding that they can drop a class to the minimum if an athlete falls behind. </p><p></p><p>Oh, and they often send people around to classes to make sure the athlete actually goes to class. </p><p></p><p>Often, though, if a person was good enough to move to the next level then they'd only worry about being eligible (which isn't a terribly high bar). Once they opted to turn pro they'd usually leave and head off to do NFL combine training programs. </p><p></p><p>In season dismissals seem to require more egregious things than low grades since grades are only final at the end of each term. You can basically tank the in-season semester and still play, especially if they are going to try to turn pro since becoming ineligible doesn't impact them after the bowl game. </p><p></p><p>Working with some of these people was eyeopening and also sad. It was shocking how some had got to the college level without basic skills, yet for some it was their only way 'out'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donner, post: 3388423, member: 277"] when we first moved to Oxford i had a job mentoring student athletes on campus. One thing was pretty clear, the more important you were the more supporting help you received. Some athletes only had tutors in certain subjects, but the 'names' had them in each subject, as well as mentors. Basically more people to help keep them on track. Schools also spend a lot of money to make sure they don't become ineligible. Football usually has a lot of academic specialists (both because of importance but also sizes of teams) compared to smaller sports. These folks set up schedules, monitor grades, etc. My wife gets lots of progress report requests when she has an athlete. They often have a list of classes and teachers they prefer athletes use (ease of the course, willingness of the instructor to be flexible and help, etc). Online classes are normal. It's also pretty common to schedule a full course load with the understanding that they can drop a class to the minimum if an athlete falls behind. Oh, and they often send people around to classes to make sure the athlete actually goes to class. Often, though, if a person was good enough to move to the next level then they'd only worry about being eligible (which isn't a terribly high bar). Once they opted to turn pro they'd usually leave and head off to do NFL combine training programs. In season dismissals seem to require more egregious things than low grades since grades are only final at the end of each term. You can basically tank the in-season semester and still play, especially if they are going to try to turn pro since becoming ineligible doesn't impact them after the bowl game. Working with some of these people was eyeopening and also sad. It was shocking how some had got to the college level without basic skills, yet for some it was their only way 'out'. [/QUOTE]
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