Thursday, January 30, 2014

Academics aren't Everything

All the video does is complain about how student athletes shouldn't make it through due to their academic level of performance. Not everybody is academically inclined, and not everyone should be. People are born as athletes and are not meant to be put through years and years and years and years of school. Yes, many of them are "reading at a 4th grade level and shouldn't be making it through college", but where else are they supposed to go? What are they supposed to do? Go live in the street because they are more physically inclined than they are academically? There are not special schools for these athletes and they have absolutely nowhere else to go. Colleges let these "academically challenged" students into their college because they need athletes to compete in sports. While there are students who can maintain their sport and their education, there are many people who can compete even better although their academic performance may not be "at the right level". Physical and athletic performance should be (if not already) treated as the same level of importance.

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