re: What prevents Vanderbilt from competing in Football using Stanford's model?

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More smart athletes in California than in Tennessee.

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Pretty much sums it up. Not a knock on the South, but west coast high schools tend to put more emphasis on grades than sports. Most of their athletes are literate and schools make sure they make the grades unlike schools in the south.

In places such as Mississippi and Alabama it's the exact opposite. Damn the child's reading ability, give his butt a C minus and get him on the field. It's the reason some former and even current Ole Miss athletes can barely read/write. Jerell Powe comes to mind as a prime example of how Southern education has failed us.