Go Bucks!
Now THIS here...is a member
|
Whoa!
Feb 13, 2015 18:15:28 GMT -5
Post by beuycek on Feb 13, 2015 18:15:28 GMT -5
|
|
Woah, this is a default personal text! Edit your profile to change this to what you like!
Now THIS here...is a member
|
Whoa!
Feb 13, 2015 19:15:26 GMT -5
Post by bgovolfan on Feb 13, 2015 19:15:26 GMT -5
Interesting ..I'm at a loss for words when it comes to a sensible reply or opinion .... I really don't have a clue as to which side is right and which side is wrong. But I do have an opinion on the term student athlete ..and I can express that opinion in one word.... oxymoron. Right or wrong deserved or not paying players just adds more distance between the word student and athlete. College Football and Basketball are big both business and the business is getting bigger every year. The NCAA and universities both need to decide which word they are going to embrace. Either make rules that lean heavily on the term student (like doing away with basket weaving class and lower min requirements for athletes) or continue raking in the big bucks by being a farm league for the NFL and NBA. Bg(chase two rabbits and you come home with none)VolFan |
|
Woah, this is a default personal text! Edit your profile to change this to what you like!
Godlike Member
|
Whoa!
Feb 14, 2015 8:59:32 GMT -5
Post by oujour76 on Feb 14, 2015 8:59:32 GMT -5
Yes, it would be huge. FWIW, I don't see it happening.
|
|
Woah, this is a default personal text! Edit your profile to change this to what you like!
Solid Member
|
Whoa!
Feb 16, 2015 9:02:34 GMT -5
Post by mscott59 on Feb 16, 2015 9:02:34 GMT -5
Yes, it would be huge. FWIW, I don't see it happening. agreed. the genie is already out of the bottle. and the universities who 'are' raking in millions thanks to big-time athletics, and often enjoying the marketing/academic wakes that follow, have no thought of turning off that spigot. i would wager they would make stronger efforts on the classroom side; more tutoring and/or practical business or after-college type programs, enhancing programs already in place for scholarship athletes to return to college to finish their degrees. most schools already have strategies like that. college hoops is already on shaky ground w/the pros able to draft kids one year out of hs. making frosh ineligible for hoops would force a lot of 18 yr olds directly into the nba's d-league. that would take even more talent away from the college game, which has already lost a ton of fan connections, seeing that they often only see the best players for one, maybe two seasons before they move on. do you wish these kids would realize how valuable an education, maybe just as important the discipline you need to exercise in order to complete college, can be to your future? of course. but you can't force that on them. they need to want it. and too many don't. |
|
Woah, this is a default personal text! Edit your profile to change this to what you like!
Godlike Member
|
Post by AlaCowboy on Feb 17, 2015 21:32:51 GMT -5
Yes, it would be huge. FWIW, I don't see it happening. agreed. the genie is already out of the bottle. and the universities who 'are' raking in millions thanks to big-time athletics, and often enjoying the marketing/academic wakes that follow, have no thought of turning off that spigot. i would wager they would make stronger efforts on the classroom side; more tutoring and/or practical business or after-college type programs, enhancing programs already in place for scholarship athletes to return to college to finish their degrees. most schools already have strategies like that. college hoops is already on shaky ground w/the pros able to draft kids one year out of hs. making frosh ineligible for hoops would force a lot of 18 yr olds directly into the nba's d-league. that would take even more talent away from the college game, which has already lost a ton of fan connections, seeing that they often only see the best players for one, maybe two seasons before they move on. do you wish these kids would realize how valuable an education, maybe just as important the discipline you need to exercise in order to complete college, can be to your future? of course. but you can't force that on them. they need to want it. and too many don't.
Cam Newton is in class at Auburn for spring semester. |
|
Jan 13, 2020 17:38:49 GMT -5
May 1, 2022 14:04:40 GMT -5
