Reply to "D1 schools to be able to pay athletes?"

@adbono posted:

And I will add that the state of higher education in America has been reduced to a joke at many universities

Out of college the cattle call campus interviews from IBM started with …

Do you have a math oriented major?

Is your GPA 3.2 or higher?

Without "yes” to both a candidate was done. Now IBM doesn’t care about college degrees.

Given the expense and too much garbage taught the debate now is where four years of experience will get a person versus four years of college.

I majored in Econ/Quantitative Analytics. I didn’t learn much that applied to my career in sales and marketing. I only proved I could get excellent grades in hard courses in my major.

All my poly sci and philosophy electives were taught by socialists and communists. Getting an A was just a matter of marching to the drumbeat.

My daughter needed an undergrad degree for law school. My son’s, BA, MBA and internship led to an outrageous salary for a 23yo. He also got to play college ball.