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<blockquote data-quote="Brandi" data-source="post: 2461460" data-attributes="member: 24446"><p>College athlete's coasting through just to play ball? OMG say it isn't so!!</p><p></p><p>It's no secret athletes, primarily football and basketball, are "assisted" to maintain an acceptable grade point average. It used to be done flagrantly but now it's on the sly but it's still widely known that it goes on. Many of these athletes have grown up with no desire or intention to receive an education because sports are going to make them rich. They are "assisted" through high school to maintain eligibility to play sports and when they get a college scholarship to play ball the cycle continues because at this point many of them can barely spell or form sentences. It's mind boggling how many of these guys graduate college with a four year degree and couldn't read a book on their own.</p><p></p><p>Look at your low income areas and ask those kids out playing ball in a field what they plan on being when they grow up. You'll hear two choices from the vast majority... professional athlete or a rapper. Not lawyer, firefighter, business owner, pilot, architect...... that is sad. It's sad that generations of kids have no dreams other than professional athlete or rapper and that it's acceptable and encouraged by families. Obviously to be a professional athlete or even a rapper you have to have some exceptional talent and that's a very small percentage of these kids. Where do most of the ones that don't make it end up? Selling drugs, committing crimes....we all see it every day in the city and it is a massive problem across America.</p><p></p><p>College athletes shouldn't be given sports scholarship's if they aren't willing to take on the academics like every other student. If you aren't willing or incapable (because of blowing off high school) of handling the academics then college athlete is not a career option for you. Eliminate the practice of moving athletes through the academic portion of high school and college and you will force potential athletes to take their education seriously. It can end the apathy in low income areas where kids have two goals in life and won't even try to prepare themselves for other jobs should they not become the next big rapper or sports star. </p><p></p><p>Our current approach to getting athletes through the educational system so they can win championships for their particular university and move on to the professional side is breeding generations of apathetic kids who know if they can play sports well they don't have to work for an education also. The diploma and degrees are guaranteed as long as they play "the game" along with the game. Why work hard to learn when you will be given the benefits without the effort? A college degree, a career potentially worth millions and living large without any effort other than playing ball...that's what these kids dream of because that's exactly how the system works.</p><p></p><p>It's a sham and everyone knows it, it's in your face every time some college athlete is interviewed after a game win. A reporter asks a question and you get some unintelligible gibberish that makes you shudder. Obviously that is not the case with all athletes, some take the opportunity seriously and earn their degrees but, unfortunately, that's not the norm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandi, post: 2461460, member: 24446"] College athlete's coasting through just to play ball? OMG say it isn't so!! It's no secret athletes, primarily football and basketball, are "assisted" to maintain an acceptable grade point average. It used to be done flagrantly but now it's on the sly but it's still widely known that it goes on. Many of these athletes have grown up with no desire or intention to receive an education because sports are going to make them rich. They are "assisted" through high school to maintain eligibility to play sports and when they get a college scholarship to play ball the cycle continues because at this point many of them can barely spell or form sentences. It's mind boggling how many of these guys graduate college with a four year degree and couldn't read a book on their own. Look at your low income areas and ask those kids out playing ball in a field what they plan on being when they grow up. You'll hear two choices from the vast majority... professional athlete or a rapper. Not lawyer, firefighter, business owner, pilot, architect...... that is sad. It's sad that generations of kids have no dreams other than professional athlete or rapper and that it's acceptable and encouraged by families. Obviously to be a professional athlete or even a rapper you have to have some exceptional talent and that's a very small percentage of these kids. Where do most of the ones that don't make it end up? Selling drugs, committing crimes....we all see it every day in the city and it is a massive problem across America. College athletes shouldn't be given sports scholarship's if they aren't willing to take on the academics like every other student. If you aren't willing or incapable (because of blowing off high school) of handling the academics then college athlete is not a career option for you. Eliminate the practice of moving athletes through the academic portion of high school and college and you will force potential athletes to take their education seriously. It can end the apathy in low income areas where kids have two goals in life and won't even try to prepare themselves for other jobs should they not become the next big rapper or sports star. Our current approach to getting athletes through the educational system so they can win championships for their particular university and move on to the professional side is breeding generations of apathetic kids who know if they can play sports well they don't have to work for an education also. The diploma and degrees are guaranteed as long as they play "the game" along with the game. Why work hard to learn when you will be given the benefits without the effort? A college degree, a career potentially worth millions and living large without any effort other than playing ball...that's what these kids dream of because that's exactly how the system works. It's a sham and everyone knows it, it's in your face every time some college athlete is interviewed after a game win. A reporter asks a question and you get some unintelligible gibberish that makes you shudder. Obviously that is not the case with all athletes, some take the opportunity seriously and earn their degrees but, unfortunately, that's not the norm. [/QUOTE]
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