David Gregory's Meet the Press spent a lot of time discussing this one today. With the Russians invading Ukraine, the US economy in the doldrums, the missing airliner still missing, the Democrats in a tailspin, Gregory figured this was his topic for the morning. Good pick there Gregory.
It's not an issue that resonates with me. After paying to send three children thru college, the thought of an athletic scholarship picking up the $100,000 four year tuition tab sounds like plenty of compensation to this veteran parent. So I don't really feel that college athletes are exploited. You play ball, we pick up tuition room and board, sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Too bad none of my kids was athletic enough to get such a deal.
There was some talk about low graduation rates among athletic scholarship students, although nobody mentioned any numbers. Like how bad is the problem? Newsies are innumerate.
Failure to graduate student athletes is shameful. The college is reneging on it's part of the deal. Granted, teen aged boys with an athletic bend, from poor backgrounds, may not be very motivated to crack the books, study, turn in the papers on time, and get to class. But I do feel it is the college's job to motivate them. A simple rule, you must maintain a C average in order to play, ought to be plenty of motivation. Plus, student athletes should be required to take a major with some economic value. Science, math, computer science, business administration, English, History, a foreign language. Nix on black studies, gender studies, phys ed.
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