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re: Stanford head coach David Shaw just disrespects the entire SEC
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:51 am to Snizzzo
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:51 am to Snizzzo
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Snizzzo
Stanford head coach David Shaw just disrespects the entire SEC
by Snizzzo
No one said Stanford isn't an elite school, but that Shaw's hyperbole was elitist. Understand? It was a smarmy and arrogant shot that was both douchey and hypocritical.
Agreed. So Stanford's """"""ADMISSIONS""""""" standards are higher. Does that make PhD professors teaching at buildings in Palo Alto somehow better than PhD professors teaching at buildings in Knoxville or Tuscaloosa or Athens or Baton Rouge or Oxford or Lexington ??????
In the end, it's up to the STUDENT-ATHLETE.
LSU has maybe the best Academic Centers for Student Athletes, but in the end, the student has to want to graduate.
LSU has had several Draddy Award Winners (Academic Heisman) as well as numerous Academic All-Americans.
Just because a university is exclusive and costs more to go to and very selective for test scores, doesn't make it "academically" superior.
News flash: ALLLLLLLLLL universities have "academics." Some universities have certain curricula or programs that are well-respected, and some are very highly ranked in research.
But a university cannot GIVE students the grades or pass them and/or graduate them automatically. All they can do is supply the tools needed. The student must have 'a want' to graduate (to quote Les.)
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Posted on 4/12/16 at 10:15 am to MetryTyger
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Furthermore, anyone who seriously believes scholarship athletes -- be they at Stanford, Vanderbilt, or Florida International -- are held to the exact same standards as other students is either very gullible or just really adept at self-deception.
And may God have mercy on their souls.
Kind of bizarre that people on this thread seem to want to continue to debate the idea that a school may have certain minimum academic standards, or academic standards for success, which may differ from particular scores that individual students may need to get in. If my competition is an exceptional athlete or artist, I am almost certainly going to have to make a better SAT score because they have already excelled in an endeavor and perhaps established themselves as leaders -- they are going to be a much better asset to the school and the student body than I am.
You don't let exceptional athletes in because they are dumber. You let them in because they have skills and experience that others don't have. They have met or exceeded the standard of having unique students.
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