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[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!  Many schools limit the majors available to athletes 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]

So i assume this story about these 3 basketball players at Maryland had to major in communications?  I will save you the trouble of actually reading the article and post the headline

Three Maryland women’s basketball players set sights on attending medical school

now you will say well they are the exception etc etc when it is clear you have no idea what you are talking about most college athletes use college to get amazing degrees.  You look at the few who make it to the professional rank and use that as the majority when it simply isn't accurate.

Just to follow up on where they are now, 1 is at Wake Forest Med School, 1 is at Maryland Med school and the third will be going to med school when they complete their WNBA career

https://dbknews.com/0999/12/31/arc-rzlbjo22bvbbjggb45o63nhvvm/[/quote]

People are so jealous of athletes and just want them to be stupid. The fact is, for many sports, you really need to be sharp to be successful. You just don't come across many "dumb" athletes, especially at top universities.  Great athletes are often standouts in other ways, just accept it. It's okay. [/quote]

Anther great story is the story of Dikembe Mutombo, he wanted to be a doctor so his town would have one. John Thompson convinced him to be a BB player because he could build a hospital and hire many doctors if he went to the NBA... so he did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo

Mutombo attended Georgetown University on a USAID scholarship. He originally intended to become a doctor, but the Georgetown Hoyas basketball coach John Thompson recruited him to play basketball.

And that is just what he did...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2018/05/22/dikembe-mutombo-wins-sager-strong-award-humanitarian-work-congo/632359002/

Dikembe Mutombo built a hospital, named after his mother, Biamba Marie, in his native Democratic Republic of Congo. He brought a team of doctors to Congo to conduct knee replacement surgery and cataract surgery for people in Congo. He has arranged for thousands of free cervical and breast cancer screenings for women in his home country.

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