Grades & Ability

[alwoods]

Question: What matters most in getting recruiting for college--grades or athletic ability?
I know you must have grades to get into a good college program or most college coaches will not look at you but, what if you can play? What if you are that ‘can’t miss’ player? Do you think a college program would take a chance on that player?

 

[dsanders]

They MIGHT...but I am sure that any scholarship they gave that player would come with some pretty tough stipulations. I tend to doubt that the player would get a FULL scholarship at a D1 school because the competition for those scholarships get pretty intense and they will ALWAYS pick the amazing A+ athlete over the amazing C- athlete.

 

[Old Bearkat]

Question: What matters most in getting recruiting for college--grades or athletic ability?
I know you must have grades to get into a good college program or most college coaches will not look at you but, what if you can play? What if you are that ‘can’t miss’ player? Do you think a college program would take a chance on that player?

From the college players I have seen over the years, most could not pass a real high school curriculum. There are a few who could, but most of the really good athletes ignored their studies in Jr High, High School, and college, as they always got a pass for being a great athlete. Just listen to a few of them talk and you can see their level of education. Most can probably barely sign their name on a check. Don't just look at the graduation rate for the D1 schools, also look at what those who do graduate major in. Most are in easy majors where no real brainwork is required. How many get an Engineering degree, or Physics, Chemistry, pre-med, Biology, or any of the real sciences.

From what I've seen over the years, being a stud athlete gets a kid a pass from having to learn anything but the sport he is in until the school system is done with him. Then, if he does not make the pros, he is afloat at sea without a life raft, or even a life jacket. And the sharks are always circling.....

 

[cotton_picker]

How true Bearcat. You hit the nail smack dab on the head. If you can play then as long as you can play you will be taken care of. Get yourself hurt or in jail, then you will have to work just like the rest of us :lol:

 

[The Assassin]

Amen boys. It just like by boy Alvin Mack says in "The Program"

"All you have know is how to sign an an NFL contract period"

Darnell says "I don't know, I promised the Rev. I'd get a degree"

Alvin Says "What you think &$#@, you gonna be on the supreme court.

Alvin says "Oh theyll get you through maybe not with a degree but theyll get you through."

LOL!

 

[Blue Bird]

There is a minimum on college entrance tests that an athlete must score before getting into a D I school. I think it is like 700 on an SAT test. There is no requirement for JR College. (I'm not sure you even have to have a high school diploma.) You establish your grades there and then you can go to a D I school. I would suggest that most of the good athletes recruited out of JR Colleges fall into this catagory.

 

[Old Bearkat]

There is a minimum on college entrance tests that an athlete must score before getting into a D I school. I think it is like 700 on an SAT test. There is no requirement for JR College. (I'm not sure you even have to have a high school diploma.) You establish your grades there and then you can go to a D I school. I would suggest that most of the good athletes recruited out of JR Colleges fall into this catagory.

It used to be 800 at UT, but for non-athletes, the minimum to get in was 1200. It might be higher now. I think it should be the higher number for the athletes too, but then again, I don't get a say in that matter. I just have to pay the taxes.

 

[lbk419]

As someone with some experience in the higher ed system, this is a clear problem. You've got people in the athletic dept. trying to keep these kids in line, but academically, so few of them actually would have gotten in on grades alone. They can't write, they can't study, and just generally are overwhelmed, because their schedules are so busy.

While I think that the system is partially broken for having them get to college with such poor prep, I also have to feel for the fact that they have so much pressure on them at such a young age and they spend every waking moment devoted to sports with classes mixed in between.