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<blockquote data-quote="bke1984" data-source="post: 28082" data-attributes="member: 932"><p>Fair enough. I understand what you're saying, but a few things:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Offering fluff degrees still has a negative impact. Employers should be able to recognize the difference. In that case, my degrees are not devalued...however, those of the athletes (and any other student that takes that path) are absolutely devalued. If more than 90% of the kids that play football at our school are not going to the NFL, shouldn't we be concerned with their life after football?<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I don't think Stanford is as good of an example as people have set forth in the last few years. Prior to Harbaugh they were not very good. They were really an average football team that would poke through every so often with a 9 or 10 win season, but other than that they were very similar to us through the 70's and 80's, only for a much longer period of time. (<a href="http://www.winsipedia.com/stanford" target="_blank">http://www.winsipedia.com/stanford</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Harvard doesn't offer academic scholarships (<a href="http://www.gocrimson.com/information/recruiting/helpfulinfo" target="_blank">http://www.gocrimson.com/information/recruiting/helpfulinfo</a>). Generally speaking, they recruit athletes that can handle the work load</li> </ol><p>Generally speaking, I'm all for taking measures to help our kids graduate, but I want to make sure that they earn something that's going to benefit them after football. As I said in the original post, if the NCAA chooses to allow part-time or non-students to play, then so be it. When that happens, my opinions on this matter will change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bke1984, post: 28082, member: 932"] Fair enough. I understand what you're saying, but a few things: [LIST=1] [*]Offering fluff degrees still has a negative impact. Employers should be able to recognize the difference. In that case, my degrees are not devalued...however, those of the athletes (and any other student that takes that path) are absolutely devalued. If more than 90% of the kids that play football at our school are not going to the NFL, shouldn't we be concerned with their life after football? [*]I don't think Stanford is as good of an example as people have set forth in the last few years. Prior to Harbaugh they were not very good. They were really an average football team that would poke through every so often with a 9 or 10 win season, but other than that they were very similar to us through the 70's and 80's, only for a much longer period of time. ([url]http://www.winsipedia.com/stanford[/url]) [*]Harvard doesn't offer academic scholarships ([url]http://www.gocrimson.com/information/recruiting/helpfulinfo[/url]). Generally speaking, they recruit athletes that can handle the work load [/LIST] Generally speaking, I'm all for taking measures to help our kids graduate, but I want to make sure that they earn something that's going to benefit them after football. As I said in the original post, if the NCAA chooses to allow part-time or non-students to play, then so be it. When that happens, my opinions on this matter will change. [/QUOTE]
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