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To: simpson96

Being a student athelete usually requires talent and is not an immutable characteristic. Duh.


3 posted on 02/20/2026 9:31:28 AM PST by rbg81 (=)
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To: rbg81

“Being a student athelete usually requires talent and is not an immutable characteristic. Duh.”

At least they can catch up on their sleep in class.


10 posted on 02/20/2026 9:40:41 AM PST by TexasGator (1X11111.1~I11:/)
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To: rbg81

Being a student athelete usually requires talent and is not an immutable characteristic. Duh.

I don’t believe anyone should be accepted on the basis of athletics. It should be solely based on academic achievement and test scores.

Colleges weren’t built so athletes can play sports. If they can get accepted as every other student (academics), I am okay if they play sports. Sports has become a way of dumbing down our academic institutions.

Maybe some of these potential athletes would focus more on academics if they knew they had to succeed academically if they wanted to play college sports. We’d all be better off it the long-run if they did.

And, no, I don’t agree with Moosechelle that we need to accept based on DEI.


20 posted on 02/20/2026 9:51:09 AM PST by boycott
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To: rbg81

Right? Athletic scholarships are the exact opposite of Affirmative Action. No doubt The First Wookie was accepted to fill an AA quota.


26 posted on 02/20/2026 10:08:29 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: rbg81

It means they let people in who don’t qualify academically for reasons other than academic ability.

In other words she’s calling DEI admits too stupid to get in on their own.

She’s debunking her own narrative without realizing it.


39 posted on 02/20/2026 10:44:54 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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