Post by trojanempire on Dec 16, 2015 9:48:04 GMT -6
I'm pretty sure I have no problem with this.
Believe me, with schools that put emphasis on sports ... athletes have always been treated differently! Do you think Namath, Stabler, etc. were really held to same standards as "normal" students? Back in the day ... there were very few restrictions ... recruiting was like the Wild West! Married students were given housing for their family ... jobs for wives, etc. Whole different world. (Read "The Last Coach" about Bear ... great book!)
Heck, I came out of HS in 84. If I was a HS Sr. today, I would have a hard time qualifying for college ... and for sure wouldn't as a "normal" student. I took ACT one time, made an 18 or 19 as I recall. (left PCB at midnight and drove 6 hrs in to the testing center and took a quick nap before the test ... made little designs with the dots in the math portion!). I don't really like that so much emphasis is put on that one test score!! It might be an ok indicator of where a person is academically at that exact point in time (or at least who has the funds to take lots of ACT training), but hard work/perseverance have much more to do with a person's eventual academic and professional success!