Quote (stuartg85 @ Feb 4 2015 08:08am)
um, no, they don't make up degrees for them. they offer them a free degree that they think they might have a chance at obtaining
that argument basically says how lucky those athletes are to attend that school. they take the easiest degrees out there and still struggle with them
I'm not really sure what you are trying to say here.
Many major athletic programs have majors designed for their 'academically challenged' athletes to be enrolled in. The professors for these classes have a heads up about what's going on. There are usually 'tutors' that make sure the athlete passes. The higher ups at the university are well aware of this, in fact they are the ones who put it in place.
The whole design of this system is to make sure that devotion to athletics isn't compromised by any academic distraction. The athletes coming in understand they are expected to focus on sports.
This post was edited by kayeto on Feb 4 2015 07:21am