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<blockquote data-quote="Tommy_Taylor_1972" data-source="post: 1008934" data-attributes="member: 6776"><p>I suspect today's college athletes cannot imagine being in a fraternity. Basketball All American Rich Yunkus did in 196, an Academic All-American, and was drafted into pro basketball. Imagine a two sport athlete participating in ROTC. Basketball All American and baseball player Roger Kaiser did in 1958 and was ROTC distinguished military graduate and still played pro basketball. Imagine a football star player also a star track runner. Brent Cunningham did it 1968-1972 and football's Singletary is doing it now at Tech. When I was at Tech 1968-72, playing basketball and doing ROTC, the sports teams still actually had tryouts for non-scholarship athletes to play on the teams. And Intramural athletics was a big deal. It did not seem odd to be a student and an athlete, scholarship or not, varsity or not. It is sad that athletes today are not taking advantage of all that college life could be, focusing too much on sports and less on being a college student.</p><p></p><p>In 1926, the code of athletics at Georgia Tech was published in the Blue Print,with emphasis on respect for the game and character of the athlete. Scholarships did not come until several years later, then only in football until 1948. Players came to get an education and represent the school by participating in sports. That culture produced such as Bobby Jones, Coach Alexander, Coach Dodd, Coach Hyder and resulted in three national football championships before 1953. Much has changed since then.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16031[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tommy_Taylor_1972, post: 1008934, member: 6776"] I suspect today's college athletes cannot imagine being in a fraternity. Basketball All American Rich Yunkus did in 196, an Academic All-American, and was drafted into pro basketball. Imagine a two sport athlete participating in ROTC. Basketball All American and baseball player Roger Kaiser did in 1958 and was ROTC distinguished military graduate and still played pro basketball. Imagine a football star player also a star track runner. Brent Cunningham did it 1968-1972 and football's Singletary is doing it now at Tech. When I was at Tech 1968-72, playing basketball and doing ROTC, the sports teams still actually had tryouts for non-scholarship athletes to play on the teams. And Intramural athletics was a big deal. It did not seem odd to be a student and an athlete, scholarship or not, varsity or not. It is sad that athletes today are not taking advantage of all that college life could be, focusing too much on sports and less on being a college student. In 1926, the code of athletics at Georgia Tech was published in the Blue Print,with emphasis on respect for the game and character of the athlete. Scholarships did not come until several years later, then only in football until 1948. Players came to get an education and represent the school by participating in sports. That culture produced such as Bobby Jones, Coach Alexander, Coach Dodd, Coach Hyder and resulted in three national football championships before 1953. Much has changed since then. [ATTACH type="full"]16031[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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