The only argument is this: you must earn the atheltic status and you must earn the grades. Race is not something you earn. You can choose volunteer work, what sports you play in, how you study to earn your grades, but you can never choose the color of you skin.
Kinda reminds me of the movie "Soul Man".
The only argument is this: you must earn the atheltic status and you must earn the grades.
I guess I've got a peculiar view of higher ed, but I figure that if a youngster can't do academic work, then it is a case of fraud for a selective university to admit him under any circumstances. I'll have no beef with the "athletic status" business, just as soon as universities stop admitting jocks as students, and begin admitting them instead as professional atheletes who are paid to play for the school teams, just as the school's coaches are paid to run those teams.