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<blockquote data-quote="TromboneJacket" data-source="post: 861717" data-attributes="member: 2580"><p>I don’t think his framing is dishonest. Scholarship athletes get lots of privileges regular students don’t. That they worked hard to get there doesn’t negate it. It doesn’t matter how hard I worked, I never would have been athletic enough to earn a football scholarship at a D-1 school. It doesn’t mean that the ones who got those scholarships were simply coasting by on talent, but the fact remains that factors outside their control gave them opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t have gotten (I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to get a full ride at Tech due to academic prowess alone). If they don’t feel that what’s being offered to them is worth what they are giving in return, it’s completely valid for them to think that. It really is okay. It doesn’t make them bad people or ungrateful or dumb. But colleges are intended to be institutions of higher learning, not professional sports franchises. The most they can offer students (barring something like a research job) is a full ride scholarship and to pay for things that aid in being a student.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TromboneJacket, post: 861717, member: 2580"] I don’t think his framing is dishonest. Scholarship athletes get lots of privileges regular students don’t. That they worked hard to get there doesn’t negate it. It doesn’t matter how hard I worked, I never would have been athletic enough to earn a football scholarship at a D-1 school. It doesn’t mean that the ones who got those scholarships were simply coasting by on talent, but the fact remains that factors outside their control gave them opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t have gotten (I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to get a full ride at Tech due to academic prowess alone). If they don’t feel that what’s being offered to them is worth what they are giving in return, it’s completely valid for them to think that. It really is okay. It doesn’t make them bad people or ungrateful or dumb. But colleges are intended to be institutions of higher learning, not professional sports franchises. The most they can offer students (barring something like a research job) is a full ride scholarship and to pay for things that aid in being a student. [/QUOTE]
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