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Whatever happened to academic requirements. In my youth the ACC had the
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Apr 19, 2025, 6:44 PM
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minimum 800 SAT rule therefore being limited in their recruiting. Also, historically Stanford, Notre Dame, Duke, etc bragged about their strict academic standards. When is the last time you heard a school say “although he is the best #1 recruit in the nation, he does not meet our academic requirements therefore, even if he wants to attend our university, we will not be accepted. The “one and done” basketball players are the worse. At the majority of colleges and universities, if you have a poor first semester GPA you are put on academic probation. Basically that says that if you do not show major improvement your next semester, you are gone. So, a “one and done” can enroll at Duke. Sleep in everyday and never go to class. After his first semester he has a 0.0 GPA. He is put on academic probation. He does the same his second semester but is able to play a full basketball season. I think back to when Duke brought in Zion and the other two top three recruits. Not to mention No Class University in Chapel Hill.
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Re: Whatever happened to academic requirements. In my youth the ACC had the
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Apr 19, 2025, 6:54 PM
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One of my oldest friends (Dr Barden, a UNCC professor) has a Summer job here at Clemson helping pick those kids who might be right for Clemson.
Not all can come to CLEMSON.
Sports is different.
It has always been different, nothing new going on.
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When the primary purpose of athletics...
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Apr 19, 2025, 6:55 PM
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... is to prepare kids for the NBA and NFL, you have to recruit the best athletes. Academics is irrelevant. Academics are optional, but not required or, in most cases, even expected.
It's been that way at least 35 years.
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TigerNet Elite [71773]
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prepare kids for the NBA and NFL
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Apr 19, 2025, 7:01 PM
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Most kids do not get to the NFL, NBA, etc.
Dabo DEMANDS his kids improve in ways not sports related.
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Re: When the primary purpose of athletics...
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Maybe 2% of football and basketball players have a shot at making the NFL or NBA so training players to be pros is not the goal of coaches. Winning games and having coaches and players that represent the university in a high class manner is the goal of coaches.
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It is on the list of priorities of coaches.
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Apr 19, 2025, 10:37 PM
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But, my point is not about coaches. It goes much higher than that. It is the NCAA system. The system is not at all concerned about such a minor thing as, "Can Moose get a college degree? Can Stretch graduate?"
Do you think Cooper Flagg went to Duke because of academics? Do you think the NCAA cares whether or not Flagg ever graduates from Duke?
Individual coaches to varying degrees help kids become better men and also encourage them to graduate. But, the NCAA has made it very clear that academics are of no concern to them. Just look at UNC and the NCAA.
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Re: Whatever happened to academic requirements. In my youth the ACC had the
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Academics used to matter somewhat in order to play college football and basketball. Now there are apparently no requirements enforced. Couldn't be with all the constant moving around by players. And outside of a Stanford football game last year where I heard they were somewhat hampered in the portal by academic requirements, I have not heard the subject brought up in a college football or basketball game in at least several years.
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Re: Whatever happened to academic requirements. In my youth the ACC had the
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The only way you would ever have a TRUE college team would be NO SCHORSHIPS, no recruiting NOTHING. On the first day of August the head coach would announce all students interested in playing football show up for practice !! That would be TRUE college football. Just like this is TRUE COUNTRY MUSIC ! One is totally absent today and the other is RARE !! LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuTR3ORibGU
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It's a travesty. I am confident that many college athletes can't read
Apr 19, 2025, 10:25 PM
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past 5th grade level or find China on a map. Nobody cares; just play ball.
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BTW, the NCAA could fix this if they wanted to.
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Apr 19, 2025, 10:39 PM
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The fact that they are doing nothing about academic requirements except getting rid of them proves they consider academics of little or no value.
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I think they know that they have become irrelevant since so much
Apr 19, 2025, 10:54 PM
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money is now involved. Universities will just start their own professional league if necessary. They won't walk away from the big $. Something will have to give before long.
I'd be fine with it if universities required all athletes to be legit full-time students. I think most fans would still support their schools and there'd be plenty of money to be made. The NFL could and should set up their own minor league. That would be heavily politicized of course and be viewed as discriminatory against people who are not academically capable, so it would probably never happen.
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