[Pietro]

Do you understand the work involved in preforming at the Div. 1 level? Conditioning and film study?

Sure they get scholarships but that's mostly a sham because the degrees they earn are virtually useless.

In the meantime they generate billions for everybody else. It's not fair. They are being used.

And that's the plain truth of it.

[dfwgator]

Sure they get scholarships but that's mostly a sham because the degrees they earn are virtually useless.

Who forces them to major in "Basket Weaving"? They are free to pursue degrees in Engineering, but many of them cop out for useless classes just to stay eligible. That's a whole other issue that needs to be dealt with.

[MMaschin]

Do you understand the work involved in preforming at the Div. 1 level? Conditioning and film study?

Sure they get scholarships but that's mostly a sham because the degrees they earn are virtually useless.

In the meantime they generate billions for everybody else. It's not fair. They are being used.

And that's the plain truth of it.

My daughter was a swimmer at a D1 school. She would spend one semester barely getting by academically, because of her swim requirements, and the other semester working her butt off to get her grades back up.

Yes, they demanded she honor her swimming commitments, and yes she had to work incredibly hard to get her degree, but she did get her degree. She then went on to get her PharmD. She's now a resident doctor of pharmacy at a large hospital.

She was a 'student athlete' - the problem is that schools are giving athletic scholarships to athletes who are not students. They created academic requirements, but they are a joke. Hold athletes to the same academic standards as the general student population, and the problem will be solved.