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I bumped this up because the UHART President who is speaking in this piece is on the APR Committee---makes for an interesting insight to the NCAA thinking
Sit back and listen to it
Sit back and listen to it
I listened to it before when you posted it and it was interesting.
Like to hear your comments
It sure beats discussing the steroid situation which is now been beaten to death
It sure beats discussing the steroid situation which is now been beaten to death
Bobblehead
At least in the talk we are hearing from a person who is deeply involved
At least in the talk we are hearing from a person who is deeply involved
I was surprised that most schools lose money on college sports.
TR - I listened to this last night and sorry for not commenting. It was interesting indeed. Thoughts...
I was impressed with this gentlemen and he seems to have the best interest of the STUDENT in mind. I think if you look at things from the elite athletes perspective you can come to one conclusion about fairness i.e., Frank Deford arguments. If you look at students overall, I think that is who they (NCAA) are most concerned with. Interesting how many colleges use athletics as marketing tools for their colleges i.e., D3 squash team. At the end of the day, colleges are about educating people.
There is a major paradox however and he seemed uncomfortable with the questions posed. On one hand, they are committed to disciplining schools who don't meet the graduation rates they are looking for. On the other hand, they say it is up to the individual schools to determine how difficult it is to obtain a degree. The obvious pardox is some schools (his own school was criticized by a caller) can skirt the graduation rules by rubber stamping their athletes through college in meaningless classes. It seems to me that if they feel it is important to require graduation on athletes that they ought to find it equally important that they graduate with something other than a degree in basket weaving.
I was impressed with this gentlemen and he seems to have the best interest of the STUDENT in mind. I think if you look at things from the elite athletes perspective you can come to one conclusion about fairness i.e., Frank Deford arguments. If you look at students overall, I think that is who they (NCAA) are most concerned with. Interesting how many colleges use athletics as marketing tools for their colleges i.e., D3 squash team. At the end of the day, colleges are about educating people.
There is a major paradox however and he seemed uncomfortable with the questions posed. On one hand, they are committed to disciplining schools who don't meet the graduation rates they are looking for. On the other hand, they say it is up to the individual schools to determine how difficult it is to obtain a degree. The obvious pardox is some schools (his own school was criticized by a caller) can skirt the graduation rules by rubber stamping their athletes through college in meaningless classes. It seems to me that if they feel it is important to require graduation on athletes that they ought to find it equally important that they graduate with something other than a degree in basket weaving.
I was surprised that still exists if she is accurate. Bcak in my days the football guys really graduated if they did with a sub standard education.
I think that the NCAA has come a long way but maybe some of the courses are substandard still.
I think that the NCAA has come a long way but maybe some of the courses are substandard still.
CD
I hear you
I think the caller was from an era prior to Walt Harrison getting there when everything was in disarray
Things are quite different now--- I think President Harrison was taken aback by the caller because he had no knowledge
The interview certainly gives us food for thought and at the very least we get to hear from a man from the NCAA Top Echelon
I hear you
I think the caller was from an era prior to Walt Harrison getting there when everything was in disarray
Things are quite different now--- I think President Harrison was taken aback by the caller because he had no knowledge
The interview certainly gives us food for thought and at the very least we get to hear from a man from the NCAA Top Echelon
It appears that he is saying the primary role of college sports is to create a desire for students to be aware of the college and to want to go there. They may lose money on one hand but pick it up by student enrollment.