Pa Jayhawk
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Sorry, just have to vent about this as it is the second year in a row they have reported this BS.
ESPN - Report notes disparity between grad rates of top seeds - Men's College Basketball
ESPN - Gaps 'narrowing slightly' in study of NCAA teams' graduation rates - Men's College Basketball
O.K., my beef with this is that both of these articles give the impressions these schools likely have players that are bad on the academic side and flunking out. My question why anyone in their right mind would stay in school when they have offers to make Millions of dollars a year. Does their degree really mean that much in the scope of their life, and furthermore, with the academic record it is not like they do not have the funds or the prowess to finish up if they desire.
I will only speak for KU in the sense that since at least the early eighties they have always had high regard for academics. This was posted earlier this year.
KU athletes set record for grades: 3.02 GPA
KUsports.com - KU athletes set record for grades: 3.02 GPA
... yet you have these idiots that mention them in these articles and make it appear they don't have what it takes to get a degree. To be specific, KU Basketball had a 2.73 average. So again, why is the degree really that important. They should put some emphasis on the quality of the education they received and what they are making as a result of their education.
It peaves me that this happens year after year, and on the flip side they give credit were others graduate 90-100 percent. No Shite, maybe that has something to do with the fact that the players at these school need to rely on their degree to make a living. Since when did it become an uneducated decision to leave college with a 2.73 GPA to make 5 million dollars a year in the NBA as opposed to stay in college and get a degree that may buy you 100th of the earning potential.
Sure, these players are here for an education, but how many student do you know that received their degree in 8 semesters. I believe I know very few. Yet they even state in these articles they give 6 years. So let me get this straight, if they don't make it in the NBA and take 2 more years to finish up at a University of a lower calibur, that is the preferred method? Why is there no mention of GPA, or earning potential?
Personally, I would question if many of these other players would graduate at the University of Kansas or some of the other mentioned schools if they were there simply for academics, and if they did I would question if they would do so with an average of 2.73 or higher after spending the same time away from the books to stay on the team. In the same sense, I still wouldn't say I consider Stanford to be a crappy University with low morals in the Golf program because guys like Tiger Woods didn't graduate. Man, I wonder if he's going to be able to get by in life having not received that degree. Furthermore, it was one of the top schools in the nation, what was he thinking about when he dropped out?
End rant!!!
What do you guys think. Probably some writer from Western Kentucky, Butler, Notre Dame or Purdue (the for mentioned schools from the article) that couldn't make it in the NBA so wants to show the value of his degree, maybe if he were an accountant instead of a writer he could get a job balancing their checkbooks.
ESPN - Report notes disparity between grad rates of top seeds - Men's College Basketball
ESPN - Gaps 'narrowing slightly' in study of NCAA teams' graduation rates - Men's College Basketball
O.K., my beef with this is that both of these articles give the impressions these schools likely have players that are bad on the academic side and flunking out. My question why anyone in their right mind would stay in school when they have offers to make Millions of dollars a year. Does their degree really mean that much in the scope of their life, and furthermore, with the academic record it is not like they do not have the funds or the prowess to finish up if they desire.
I will only speak for KU in the sense that since at least the early eighties they have always had high regard for academics. This was posted earlier this year.
KU athletes set record for grades: 3.02 GPA
KUsports.com - KU athletes set record for grades: 3.02 GPA
... yet you have these idiots that mention them in these articles and make it appear they don't have what it takes to get a degree. To be specific, KU Basketball had a 2.73 average. So again, why is the degree really that important. They should put some emphasis on the quality of the education they received and what they are making as a result of their education.
It peaves me that this happens year after year, and on the flip side they give credit were others graduate 90-100 percent. No Shite, maybe that has something to do with the fact that the players at these school need to rely on their degree to make a living. Since when did it become an uneducated decision to leave college with a 2.73 GPA to make 5 million dollars a year in the NBA as opposed to stay in college and get a degree that may buy you 100th of the earning potential.
Sure, these players are here for an education, but how many student do you know that received their degree in 8 semesters. I believe I know very few. Yet they even state in these articles they give 6 years. So let me get this straight, if they don't make it in the NBA and take 2 more years to finish up at a University of a lower calibur, that is the preferred method? Why is there no mention of GPA, or earning potential?
Personally, I would question if many of these other players would graduate at the University of Kansas or some of the other mentioned schools if they were there simply for academics, and if they did I would question if they would do so with an average of 2.73 or higher after spending the same time away from the books to stay on the team. In the same sense, I still wouldn't say I consider Stanford to be a crappy University with low morals in the Golf program because guys like Tiger Woods didn't graduate. Man, I wonder if he's going to be able to get by in life having not received that degree. Furthermore, it was one of the top schools in the nation, what was he thinking about when he dropped out?
End rant!!!
What do you guys think. Probably some writer from Western Kentucky, Butler, Notre Dame or Purdue (the for mentioned schools from the article) that couldn't make it in the NBA so wants to show the value of his degree, maybe if he were an accountant instead of a writer he could get a job balancing their checkbooks.