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<blockquote data-quote="MWBATL" data-source="post: 232068" data-attributes="member: 944"><p>This. Everything else is arm waving. Many (most?) GT grads oppose the idea of easy majors for athletes. The Administration *certainly* seems to oppose it. And there does not seem to be much appetite for pushing it in the AA. That will mean that most of the time we'll be a mediocre football program, with occasional breakthroughs both ways (see: last 2 years).</p><p></p><p>It is what it is, folks. It's really not that hard to understand. Those who say "recruit better" are simply ignoring the facts on the ground. As Dville says, the vast majority of top football talent simply wants to major in "Football". The real question one should perhaps ask is why it is unseemly to establish a major in Sports which would focus solely on preparing young men for life as a professional sports athlete? They could be taught how to successfully manage their money, how to select agents, and the Total Person concepts in the classroom, while spending the rest of their time on physical training and learning proper techniques on the field/court. Is this kind of preparation all *that* different from young men preparing for professional careers in business, engineering, etc?? Such an approach would level the playing field between the factories and the academic schools. It reflects the reality of life today. It might well benefit the young men involved more than the current approach. Why is that so bad?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MWBATL, post: 232068, member: 944"] This. Everything else is arm waving. Many (most?) GT grads oppose the idea of easy majors for athletes. The Administration *certainly* seems to oppose it. And there does not seem to be much appetite for pushing it in the AA. That will mean that most of the time we'll be a mediocre football program, with occasional breakthroughs both ways (see: last 2 years). It is what it is, folks. It's really not that hard to understand. Those who say "recruit better" are simply ignoring the facts on the ground. As Dville says, the vast majority of top football talent simply wants to major in "Football". The real question one should perhaps ask is why it is unseemly to establish a major in Sports which would focus solely on preparing young men for life as a professional sports athlete? They could be taught how to successfully manage their money, how to select agents, and the Total Person concepts in the classroom, while spending the rest of their time on physical training and learning proper techniques on the field/court. Is this kind of preparation all *that* different from young men preparing for professional careers in business, engineering, etc?? Such an approach would level the playing field between the factories and the academic schools. It reflects the reality of life today. It might well benefit the young men involved more than the current approach. Why is that so bad? [/QUOTE]
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