Posted on 12/29/2008 6:20:08 AM PST by Ron Jeremy
ootball and men’s basketball players on the nation’s big-time college teams averaged hundreds of points lower on their SATs than their classmates, and some of the gaps are so large they call into question the lengths to which schools will go to win.
The biggest gap between football players and students as a whole occurred at the University of Florida, where players scored 346 points lower than the school’s overall student body. That’s larger than the difference in scores between typical students at the University of Georgia and Harvard University
Nationwide, football players average 220 points lower on the SAT than their classmates — and men’s basketball players average seven points less than football players.
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They had to do research on this?!
Well, duh!!!!
I’m shocked. SHOCKED I tell you!!!
DUUHHHHH...
What a shock, huh. It is sad that in Universities, ability to play football is valued more than academic excellence.
Based on the crap these students are ‘learning’ in these fine institutions of ‘higher’ learning, I would argue that the football programs rank among the most genuinely productive work taking place at these universities.
I work with a guy who had a full athletic scholarship to Florida as a defensive end. He told me he wasn’t required to attend class at all. Someone did that for him. His attitude was that he was hired to do a job, play football. He didn’t have time for academics. I suspect this is the MO at most Universities with strong football programs in which case a high SAT score is meaningless anyway.
And now you know why they never put the crossword puzzle in the sports section of the newspaper.
“Based on the crap these students are ‘learning’ in these fine institutions of ‘higher’ learning, I would argue that the football programs rank among the most genuinely productive work taking place at these universities.”
Agree, the difference in quality between the typical lib arts degree and whatever basketweaving degree given to the jocks is very, very small.
A few years ago, UF was about to recruit some thug who had not only committed a felony or two back in South Florida, but managed to commit one felony and two misdemeanors during his brief stay in Gainesville for the interview. They backed off after the public outcry.
I can just imagine what the guy’s academics were like!
I hope no one was paid to do this “research”. I’ll bet the “researchers” had to do a lot of “research” in off-campus sports bars.
My daughter attended a nice private prep school. There were three tracks: normal, honors, and AP. The kids who were playing serious sports and angling for college athletic scholarships were all on the 'normal' track, even if they were very bright, because they had practice in the morning AND after school, and games on weekends. They didn't have time to study.
“It is sad that in Universities, ability to play football is valued more than academic excellence.”
One shouldn’t blame the Universities. After all, how many people could you find willing to pay big bucks to sit in a freezing cold snowstorm to watch an engineer do calculus?
Ummmm..., I sorta think that doesn’t come as a surprise to a lot of people... :-)
Yep, at least the football programs result in a product that many Americans value, one that contributes to the overall well-being of our society. On the other hand, the leftist propaganda of the typical American University creates significant problems for the country, sending these ‘educated idiots’ out into our society, where they cause tremendous damage.
Love it.
The Ohio State University football team pays for all of the PC, court ordered women’s “sports programs” plus a hell of a lot more. The physics department, on the other hand...
Yet every year, pinhead liberals and their useful idiot assistants complain about the violence of the game and the advantages given the players.
The son of a friend of mine, a good student, got a 4-year football scholarship to Miami of Florida, even though he wasn’t very good in high school football. He told me he and others, who “rode the bench” for 4 years, were given scholarships to improve the average test scores and grades of the football team.
I’d imagine Miami isn’t the only college that pulls this scam.
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