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<blockquote data-quote="MWBATL" data-source="post: 407030" data-attributes="member: 944"><p>While I don't disagree with the GTAA needing to step up its game (and it appears to be doing so under TS), I think you are absolutely kidding yourself if you thin our academic restrictions, and basic environment insisting on *some* level of student-athletes, when most fo the major colleges around us have abandoned all pretense of academics mattering, is affecting our relative performance. As the $$$ involved in success mount up, the pressure to 'cheat' mounts up, and most big time college athletic departments have abandoned all principles with the quiet approval of their academic overseers to go all in on sports. Recruiting 125 kids in 5 years when only 85 can be on scholarship is a sign of this mentality. The "scandals" in college basketball about paying players is another sign...and what is even more a sign is the fact that many people are simply arguing to change the rules ot reflect the reality on the ground. Money talks, and college athletics has continued to grow into big time money machines, and GT has NOT gotten on board with that the way all of our rivals have. Even with an active and well managed GTAA we will not be able to effectively compete with the factories. Those who continue with the false argument about how we were able to do so 20 years ago fail to understand the reality of today and close their eyes to what is necessary to compete.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MWBATL, post: 407030, member: 944"] While I don't disagree with the GTAA needing to step up its game (and it appears to be doing so under TS), I think you are absolutely kidding yourself if you thin our academic restrictions, and basic environment insisting on *some* level of student-athletes, when most fo the major colleges around us have abandoned all pretense of academics mattering, is affecting our relative performance. As the $$$ involved in success mount up, the pressure to 'cheat' mounts up, and most big time college athletic departments have abandoned all principles with the quiet approval of their academic overseers to go all in on sports. Recruiting 125 kids in 5 years when only 85 can be on scholarship is a sign of this mentality. The "scandals" in college basketball about paying players is another sign...and what is even more a sign is the fact that many people are simply arguing to change the rules ot reflect the reality on the ground. Money talks, and college athletics has continued to grow into big time money machines, and GT has NOT gotten on board with that the way all of our rivals have. Even with an active and well managed GTAA we will not be able to effectively compete with the factories. Those who continue with the false argument about how we were able to do so 20 years ago fail to understand the reality of today and close their eyes to what is necessary to compete. [/QUOTE]
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