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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally find it funny that the “sour grapes” posters are trying to claim academic standards are the same for athletes.  What a joke! [b] Many schools limit the majors available to athletes[/b] and require tutors.  I’m sure junior is a  genius but that is just not the case for the vast majority of athletic recruits.[/quote]

As a PP with the long post a page back noted, there are majors that are simply not realistic to the time constraints of the sport. That is a choice the student-athlete makes as part of the deal. If they really want a lab based major, then they likely need to give up the sport. Not everyone has that option if scholarship money is involved. So...they get a degree, play the sport and then go to grad school for their academic passion. So what?[/quote]

IDK, my niece is pre-med and a D1 sport in a top 10 (in her sport) and T30 school.

Also, my son (who follows your way of thinking) gets an enormous amount of support in the form of preferred registration and tutors, who come to the athletic department during his required study time. He is getting an extra year of eligibility and auto accepted to a graduate school program  in the degree he preferred instead of the one he did since he was 17/18/19 when he chose his major

My son has a few co-players that are engineering and biology so I think it just depends.[/quote]

A few examples here and there are not the norm.  It is like saying Steve Jobs didn't graduate from college but went on to become successful means that others will be successful as well.

Take a look at University of North Carolina men tennis roster:  https://goheels.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster

It is either  Exercise and Sport Science or Business Administration.  You are not going to find pre-med or Engineering.  You just don't have time for those majors.[/quote]

The tennis roster... 60% are Business Majors, that is very good.

I think the % of people that major in pre-med and biology and engineering for the school as a whole is low so it's going to be low for students in sports but it's not much lower than the school as a whole. [/quote]

My nephew is one of the tennis players on that roster majors in Business Administration. His reasons:  I can make much more money than both physicians and engineers with a job in IT or software sales.  Athletes get these high paying sales jobs via school alumni or boosters.[/quote]

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