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re: Athlete-friendly curriculum?
Posted on 2/17/18 at 9:33 am to tylerdurden24
Posted on 2/17/18 at 9:33 am to tylerdurden24
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Disagree. Universities can and should hold themselves to a higher standard. Not every athlete admitted is going to major in Finance or Engineering or Romance Languages. Fine. But Universities have the ability to make meaningful efforts toward helping all student-athletes make major decisions that actually matter. The students shouldn't be allowed to use Athlete status as a crutch and neither should the adults running the Athletic programs or Universities.
Again, I agree with you in principle. However, it is not what is being practiced or even endeavored from all indications in Baton Rouge, South Bend, Ann Arbor, Tuscaloosa or Athens as much as I am sure you don't want to admit it.
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Posted on 2/17/18 at 9:34 am to tylerdurden24
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The first part can. But regular students don't have to contend with NCAA eligibility rules. Their passing classes doesn't directly impact a team's performance or a coaches tenure.
Still, the mission of a University should be - at its base level - to make efforts to grow and develop all undergraduate students that attend that institution. Doesn't matter if they're an athlete or an academic scholarship recipient, Universities have to make a reasonable effort to make better the students that they agree to admit.
I agree with the second part. I don't see a difference with a regular student going to their advisor and that advisor helping them craft a major best suited for them
Posted on 2/17/18 at 10:30 am to Dallasgrowl
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Again, I agree with you in principle. However, it is not what is being practiced or even endeavored from all indications in Baton Rouge, South Bend, Ann Arbor, Tuscaloosa or Athens as much as I am sure you don't want to admit it.
UGA actually boasts one of the highest disparities in major selection for student-athletes. Something like ~500 athletes in 60+ different majors.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 11:15 am to tylerdurden24
My friend who played baseball at Bama watched a 2 hour video and wrote a one page paper on the video and received 6 hours credit. Every major college steers athletes into the easy majors. Do people really think this is news?
Posted on 2/17/18 at 12:56 pm to Crimson Wraith
What happened to their Sociology department that was handing out diplomas like M&M’s?
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:05 pm to semjase
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WTF do you do with a Bachelor's Degree in "Public Administration?
Work for the state or federal government. IE be on welfare essentially at a no account job that you can’t be fired from. It is pathetic.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:11 pm to Crimson Wraith
So Auburn's athlete's are dumber than their students?
Not buying it
Not buying it
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:15 pm to tylerdurden24
Talking about student athletes in general is pointless. This is about football and basketball. No one cares if your women's golf team has varied career interests
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:44 pm to HailToTheChiz
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That article is nothing more than "I can't believe athletes take easy majors"
Athletes take easy majors on every campus. But what this article alleges is that Auburn administrators at the highest levels were steering athletes into these majors and even specifically creating the majors for athletes. That's the difference.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:51 pm to Crimson Wraith
Oh wow. This makes Auburn academics look like a clear plastic sack of hammered dog shite and exposes its soft racism of low expectations for Africa Americans.
Total humiliation
Total humiliation
Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:59 pm to Monticello
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Athletes take easy majors on every campus. But what this article alleges is that Auburn administrators at the highest levels were steering athletes into these majors and even specifically creating the majors for athletes.
Athletes are guided at every school.
Define "Auburn administrators at the highest level".
There is nothing wrong with helping athletes form a curriculum.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:04 pm to cajunbama
I love when George Wallace U fans talk about racism.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:08 pm to Cocotheape
I know, right. It’s like time is not linear or something. What did Faulkner say about the past?
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:52 pm to HailToTheChiz
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Article literally says no money from the athletic department was used Stop lying Eta
Are you ok man? You're melting the frick down on this thread and embarrassing yourself as you backtrack with this "Baghdad Bob" routine. The other guy was very clear with his post about the athletic department "trying" not necessarily "succeeding" in funding the bogus classes.
You need to get your head out of the sand and accept the fact that this is a total blackeye for your school. You guys love to spread that myth that "Alabama fans care about Alabama football, Auburn fans care about AU," but if there was any truth to that there would be an uproar from AU alumns over this story.
All that said, I'm not naive. I know this goes on everywhere including Tuscaloosa. But that's not a compelling defense- that's what five year olds do when they're caught stealing toys. I really don't care when I hear that a player may have received a nominal payment, but when the entire idea of the credibility of a particular school as an institution or higher learning is called into question, that's embarrassing as frick.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 3:38 pm to Cocotheape
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I love when George Wallace U fans talk about racism.
They know more about racism than anyone else.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 5:07 pm to Crimson Wraith
Disturbing on many levels. Assumes low standards for Black athletes. Also, just as disturbing, assumes that none of the PA majors could fare well I other disciplines.
However, most disturbing of all is the clear but unstated fact that all the classes in Goat Science and Comparative Inbreeding are full and apparently reserved for whites.
However, most disturbing of all is the clear but unstated fact that all the classes in Goat Science and Comparative Inbreeding are full and apparently reserved for whites.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 7:27 pm to Crimson Wraith
Temember that guy who garduated from AU despite being illiterate?
What was his name?
What did he major in?
What was his name?
What did he major in?
Posted on 2/17/18 at 7:35 pm to thatthang
Posted on 2/18/18 at 7:00 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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Remember that guy who graduated from AU despite being illiterate?
What was his name?
What did he major in?
His name is James Brooks and he majored in Illegitimate Children
Posted on 2/19/18 at 4:31 am to Dawgholio
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Not shocking. Typical Auburn. Their academic reputation has always been a joke.
UGA lets retards play sports, too.
For as much as all you UGA bitches love to beat your chest about academics, UGA had the shittiest graduation rate for football out of the 4 teams in the CFP. Alabama, Clemson, and OU rates were all much higher than UGA.
USA Today - Graduation Rate Numbers Up for Bowl Participants
Overall
Clemson 85%
Alabama 84%
Oklahoma 72%
UGA 53%
Black Players
Clemson 81%
Alabama 79%
Oklahoma 65%
UGA 44%
This post was edited on 2/19/18 at 4:43 am
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