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Orange Phenom [14409]
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Are there academic requirements anymore in college football and basketball?
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Apr 16, 2025, 11:51 AM
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Or with these guys being floating independent contractors has that been dropped? Is it a situation like tampering, where are strict requirements on paper but effectively it's of no consequence.
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Campus Hero [13791]
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Yes
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Apr 16, 2025, 11:59 AM
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Let's not pretend like a lot of these guys' academic load has ever been the same as most students.
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National Champion [7420]
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Re: Yes
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Apr 16, 2025, 12:54 PM
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Actually, when I played at Clemson, our academic load was identical to anyone else in the student body. No difference.
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Valley Legend [12914]
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Re: Yes
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Apr 16, 2025, 2:07 PM
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Pending on their degree? Parks and recreation spread over 2 semesters and 2 summer sessions for multiple yrs is not the same load as an engineer or bio major doing it in 7-8 semesters.
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Campus Hero [13791]
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That was not the case for the top few players when I was in school
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Apr 16, 2025, 3:21 PM
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In fact one of my good friends was a tutor and routinely did the work for some guys who were top NFL draft picks. This was before Dabo.
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Solid Orange [1389]
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Re: Yes
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Apr 16, 2025, 4:19 PM
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My guess is it is entirely dependent on how good a player is. I was at Clemson during the Dabo years, took a lot of classes with football players, and I can assure you that their academic load was NOT the same as everyone else. I was in Spanish 101 with our QB. I saw him on the first day of class and last day. That was it. I also was in the Honors college and a number of my friends were paid to do their work for them. If you're a benchwarmer, maybe it's the same. Or maybe you just don't realize what workload non-athletes have.
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National Champion [7688]
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Re: I Think There Are Only 2 Required Classes To Take Now ---
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Apr 16, 2025, 12:21 PM
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Economics and Business.
You can possibly pick up a sub secondary third option...... Budgeting
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Top TigerNet [28554]
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Re: I Think There Are Only 2 Required Classes To Take Now ---
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Apr 16, 2025, 12:37 PM
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uga needs to offer some driving 101 courses and a few minor law courses.
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Tiger Spirit [9709]
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Re: Are there academic requirements anymore in college football and basketball?
Apr 16, 2025, 12:59 PM
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NIL guidelines allow athletes to have someone in their image or likeness attend class for them.
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Valley Legend [12914]
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Re: Are there academic requirements anymore in college football and basketball?
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Apr 16, 2025, 2:08 PM
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Online at that!
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All-In [10724]
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Re: Are there academic requirements anymore in college football and basketball?
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Apr 16, 2025, 2:01 PM
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Just remember that probably 98% of college athletes will never turn pro or make enough money in the NIL to live live. Going to college and flipping burgers at Burger King would not be fun so unless the athletes are in the 2%, of course they want to graduate.
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Hall of Famer [8290]
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Re: Are there academic requirements anymore in college football and basketball?
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Apr 16, 2025, 2:06 PM
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The problem is that 25% think they are in the 2%...
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Campus Hero [13620]
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Re: Are there academic requirements anymore in college football and basketball?
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Apr 16, 2025, 2:12 PM
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Yes.
Question: What is this, “A”?
Answer: Correct, it’s a letter.
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Clemson Conqueror [11282]
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They were already pretty lite - I'll bet they are basically non-existent now.
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Apr 16, 2025, 4:33 PM
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You used to occasionally hear about academic issues - but never anymore.
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Top TigerNet [29728]
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There is one.
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Apr 16, 2025, 5:44 PM
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Enroll in class.
Other than that, every other academic requirement is purely lip service. When was the last time you heard of a player being denied enrollment (transfer or HS) due to academic standards? When was the last time you heard of a player (especially a starter) being declared academically ineligible.
Here is how the "academic standards work." Basketball team has 15 players on their team. All are juniors. 14 of the juniors leave school to go to another school. They are 60+ hours away from getting a degree. The next year the school has one senior on the team, they guy who remained. He graduates. Gu7ess what the graduation rate for the school is. Yep, 100%. What a great job, they graduated everybody.
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