roadkill
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I’m somewhat torn on this issue. I’m proud of my degree, the Institute, and its academic rep. I’m also proud that we have, on occasion, fielded extremely competitive teams in both primary revenue sports despite our academic requirements. I think it's pretty cool that one of our starters is a PhD candidate, and that in the recent past, our starting center was literally studying rocket science.I so disagree with this. If this is where we're headed, let's form the Georgia Tech Academy for Revenue-Generating Sports and just bring the kids in there without the lie.
But we are entering an era with pay-for-play, and virtually no enforceable rules. This is the new field we’re playing on. We all want our recruiting to improve, but if we’re successful there, we’re going to lose a greater percentage of players to the draft before graduating. Yet some of us feel better having a self-imposed academic handicap that looks to be increasingly burdensome.
It’s a personal choice for everyone, but I’m going to root for GT regardless of which path our players take academically. Calvin leaving early didn’t diminish my fandom, and neither will an influx of one-and-dones on the BB team.