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New NCAA rule in 2016

bransuperpower said:
I wonder how many of you actually played football at a high level and kept a good gpa. a lot of time guys are putting in 12 hour days starting school at 8am and not getting home from football practice till around 8pm. not saying anything goes because i don't see the point of going to College classes and cant read or write but i think there should be more systems in play to help athletes and not just make it harder for them to be successful
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If you can't keep a 2.3 GPA in High School you should probably take some time and concentrate on school, especially since the odds of actually making it as a professional athlete are astronomically small.

If you actually do make it to the pros, the length of an average career isn't likely to set yourself up for life.

If the NCAA wants to paramount their workers as "student athletes" then they really should be stressing the "student" part, but in sports like football and basketball, they are much more concerned about cashing in than worrying about some kid not getting a proper education and getting his skull smashed for four years.
 
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bransuperpower said:
I wonder how many of you actually played football at a high level and kept a good gpa. a lot of time guys are putting in 12 hour days starting school at 8am and not getting home from football practice till around 8pm. not saying anything goes because i don't see the point of going to College classes and cant read or write but i think there should be more systems in play to help athletes and not just make it harder for them to be successful
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lol --- a wet fart could obtain a 2.5! Kids need to take school seriously, period.

IMO this is a great idea.
 
As mentioned it starts at too young an age to try to change it once they get to college. That's one of the biggest problems in high school football in south Florida. There are so many really "deficient" kids playing football that it's ridiculous. The enablers are the parents and adults that are merely looking for a hand out and not guiding.
 
This will not have the intended effect, which is to make kids work harder in school.

It will make the football powerhouses adopt new ways to smuggle kids in (and yes, we do it too with kids like Brady and hopefully Gray) while schools like Stanford and Vandy and Northwestern continue to be the ones that ACTUALLY have higher standards.
 
I am so happy that collegiate athletics is managed by the NCAA, they truly only care about academics and the STUDENT-athletes. Great job instituting another rule that protects the integrity of amateur collegiate athletics

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If a top college is willing to give a kid a shot at changing his life for the better, don't legislate new rules to prevent opportunities. As long as the NCAA is run by corrupt SEC cronies like Emmert, restrictive admission/recruiting rules for colleges help the SEC.
 
bransuperpower said:
I wonder how many of you actually played football at a high level and kept a good gpa. a lot of time guys are putting in 12 hour days starting school at 8am and not getting home from football practice till around 8pm. not saying anything goes because i don't see the point of going to College classes and cant read or write but i think there should be more systems in play to help athletes and not just make it harder for them to be successful
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They have abundant access to tutoring and other academic resources. They are also not being asked to maintain a 4.0, but a lowly 2.3 gpa (which is not a "good" gpa) it's a "if you can't keep a 2.3 maybe you should reconsider college" gpa.
 
bransuperpower said:
I wonder how many of you actually played football at a high level and kept a good gpa. a lot of time guys are putting in 12 hour days starting school at 8am and not getting home from football practice till around 8pm. not saying anything goes because i don't see the point of going to College classes and cant read or write but i think there should be more systems in play to help athletes and not just make it harder for them to be successful
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Lulz at this assumption. Truly a "woe is me" attitude. I typically enjoy your posts Bran, but this one is no bueno.

I played D1 soccer 14-15 years ago. The demands were similar. We had study hall, trained every evening and lifted on top of that. During the spring and preseason we trained sometimes 2x a day. On our 22 man roster we maybe had 1 player that could not qualify due to grades. Most held near a 3.0 gpa or above. It isn't that difficult. Don't make it out to be tougher than it is. Access to tutors 24 hours a day and frequent study halls gave myself and my teammates every opportunity to succeed. Many of our guys knocked out 2 majors during their 4-5 years.

These kids don't want to try. They're chasing that golden nugget that will only be attained by a tiny percentage.
 
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Plzwork4 said:
bransuperpower said:
I wonder how many of you actually played football at a high level and kept a good gpa. a lot of time guys are putting in 12 hour days starting school at 8am and not getting home from football practice till around 8pm. not saying anything goes because i don't see the point of going to College classes and cant read or write but i think there should be more systems in play to help athletes and not just make it harder for them to be successful
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Lulz at this assumption. Truly a "woe is me" attitude. I typically enjoy your posts Bran, but this one is no bueno.

I played D1 soccer 14-15 years ago. The demands were similar. We had study hall, trained every evening and lifted on top of that. During the spring and preseason we trained sometimes 2x a day. On our 22 man roster we maybe had 1 player that could not qualify due to grades. Most held near a 3.0 gpa or above. It isn't that difficult. Don't make it out to be tougher than it is...

These kids don't want to try. They're chasing that golden nugget that will only be attained by a tiny percentage.
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Agree 100% with your post.

As for the part bolded, the parents and mentors of these kids need to steer them in a better direction, although the kids themselves have to take responsibility
 
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HurricaneGlory said:
Plzwork4 said:
bransuperpower said:
I wonder how many of you actually played football at a high level and kept a good gpa. a lot of time guys are putting in 12 hour days starting school at 8am and not getting home from football practice till around 8pm. not saying anything goes because i don't see the point of going to College classes and cant read or write but i think there should be more systems in play to help athletes and not just make it harder for them to be successful
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Lulz at this assumption. Truly a "woe is me" attitude. I typically enjoy your posts Bran, but this one is no bueno.

I played D1 soccer 14-15 years ago. The demands were similar. We had study hall, trained every evening and lifted on top of that. During the spring and preseason we trained sometimes 2x a day. On our 22 man roster we maybe had 1 player that could not qualify due to grades. Most held near a 3.0 gpa or above. It isn't that difficult. Don't make it out to be tougher than it is...

These kids don't want to try. They're chasing that golden nugget that will only be attained by a tiny percentage.
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Agree 100% with your post.

As for the part bolded, the parents and mentors of these kids need to steer them in a better direction, although the kids themselves have to take responsibility
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And there it is. They all want to point the blame at someone else...even the government wants to blame the teachers, system, anyone and everyone except the REAL problem. Its the people that are directly influencing these kids' lives...parents. That is THE issue. Its not part of the issue...it is 99% the problem. Stop blaming everyone and become a positive part of your kids' lives.
 
niner2107 said:
CanesDominate said:
NCAA is forcing incoming freshmen with GPA of 2.3 or lower
to redshirt. Interested in hearing how you guys feel this will
effect the recruiting landscape.
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In theory, this should help "straighten" out the kids who don't take school seriously. Having to sit out a year because of grades "should" scare them.

In reality, most likely will lead to more "fixing" of grades.
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finally. its a joke that a lot of south florida kids can't get their **** together in the classroom. all the people around them only care about their football abilities and not their actual wellbeing. hopefully, this makes em pick up a book and get them to work as hard in the classroom as they do on the field.
 
bransuperpower said:
I wonder how many of you actually played football at a high level and kept a good gpa. a lot of time guys are putting in 12 hour days starting school at 8am and not getting home from football practice till around 8pm. not saying anything goes because i don't see the point of going to College classes and cant read or write but i think there should be more systems in play to help athletes and not just make it harder for them to be successful
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so when you don't make it as a professional athlete, ur goal is to be a bouncer of a nightclub for the rest of your life.
 
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Plzwork4 said:
HurricaneGlory said:
Plzwork4 said:
bransuperpower said:
I wonder how many of you actually played football at a high level and kept a good gpa. a lot of time guys are putting in 12 hour days starting school at 8am and not getting home from football practice till around 8pm. not saying anything goes because i don't see the point of going to College classes and cant read or write but i think there should be more systems in play to help athletes and not just make it harder for them to be successful
Click to expand...

Lulz at this assumption. Truly a "woe is me" attitude. I typically enjoy your posts Bran, but this one is no bueno.

I played D1 soccer 14-15 years ago. The demands were similar. We had study hall, trained every evening and lifted on top of that. During the spring and preseason we trained sometimes 2x a day. On our 22 man roster we maybe had 1 player that could not qualify due to grades. Most held near a 3.0 gpa or above. It isn't that difficult. Don't make it out to be tougher than it is...

These kids don't want to try. They're chasing that golden nugget that will only be attained by a tiny percentage.
Click to expand...

Agree 100% with your post.

As for the part bolded, the parents and mentors of these kids need to steer them in a better direction, although the kids themselves have to take responsibility
Click to expand...

And there it is. They all want to point the blame at someone else...even the government wants to blame the teachers, system, anyone and everyone except the REAL problem. Its the people that are directly influencing these kids' lives...parents. That is THE issue. Its not part of the issue...it is 99% the problem. Stop blaming everyone and become a positive part of your kids' lives.
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I agree that parents are the main problem, but I put parents & mentors due to the large amount of inner city kids that grow up without parents and live with their coaches, uncles, etc.
 
HurricaneGlory said:
Plzwork4 said:
HurricaneGlory said:
Plzwork4 said:
bransuperpower said:
I wonder how many of you actually played football at a high level and kept a good gpa. a lot of time guys are putting in 12 hour days starting school at 8am and not getting home from football practice till around 8pm. not saying anything goes because i don't see the point of going to College classes and cant read or write but i think there should be more systems in play to help athletes and not just make it harder for them to be successful
Click to expand...

Lulz at this assumption. Truly a "woe is me" attitude. I typically enjoy your posts Bran, but this one is no bueno.

I played D1 soccer 14-15 years ago. The demands were similar. We had study hall, trained every evening and lifted on top of that. During the spring and preseason we trained sometimes 2x a day. On our 22 man roster we maybe had 1 player that could not qualify due to grades. Most held near a 3.0 gpa or above. It isn't that difficult. Don't make it out to be tougher than it is...

These kids don't want to try. They're chasing that golden nugget that will only be attained by a tiny percentage.
Click to expand...

Agree 100% with your post.

As for the part bolded, the parents and mentors of these kids need to steer them in a better direction, although the kids themselves have to take responsibility
Click to expand...

And there it is. They all want to point the blame at someone else...even the government wants to blame the teachers, system, anyone and everyone except the REAL problem. Its the people that are directly influencing these kids' lives...parents. That is THE issue. Its not part of the issue...it is 99% the problem. Stop blaming everyone and become a positive part of your kids' lives.
Click to expand...

I agree that parents are the main problem, but I put parents & mentors due to the large amount of inner city kids that grow up without parents and live with their coaches, uncles, etc.
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I agree with you there...
 
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