Okay, so far according to my experience, a lot of teachers give football players and basketball players a pardon when it comes to making bad grades. "Jocks" therefore have no incentive of doing better in school and others follow. I was a football player myself but I kept my grades up even though I did not have to, my teammates got way too much assistance and at the end of the day their math and science skills were rudimentary at best.
Also, more money goes into repairing and paying for basketball courts and football fields rather than paying for books and computers. Isn't this an atrocity? In other countries like India, Japan, China and even the Western European powers, sports are not taken seriously or even looked at when it comes to high school, education is valued. I mean just look at it this way, we could have schools with better labs for hands on science learning and extra buildings for labs. Students can benefit heavily from this.
This hurts on a bigger scale too. Check this, a lot of colleges accept athletes who have a lower GPA and lower SAT score than that required. Why should a person who plays football with a 3.2 GPA and 1820 SAT score be allowed to go to Harvard over a student with a 4.0 GPA and a 2320 SAT score?
I did get into schools like Cornell, Columbia and Harvard because I achieved my goal of getting a high SAT score (1410 math and critical reading combined), had a 3.8 GPA but I was told me playing football had something to do with it. I personally would not care if high school sports are taken out but now I believe it is mandatory that they get taken out so American students can academically compete on an international scale. If people want to play football or basketball, they must either join a private league or get accepted into the college and walk on just like everyone else.
That was my view, your view and opinions?
yes there are requirements as I stated but what?
Get a D and you can play, that is not asking much from our students.
Also, more money goes into repairing and paying for basketball courts and football fields rather than paying for books and computers. Isn't this an atrocity? In other countries like India, Japan, China and even the Western European powers, sports are not taken seriously or even looked at when it comes to high school, education is valued. I mean just look at it this way, we could have schools with better labs for hands on science learning and extra buildings for labs. Students can benefit heavily from this.
This hurts on a bigger scale too. Check this, a lot of colleges accept athletes who have a lower GPA and lower SAT score than that required. Why should a person who plays football with a 3.2 GPA and 1820 SAT score be allowed to go to Harvard over a student with a 4.0 GPA and a 2320 SAT score?
I did get into schools like Cornell, Columbia and Harvard because I achieved my goal of getting a high SAT score (1410 math and critical reading combined), had a 3.8 GPA but I was told me playing football had something to do with it. I personally would not care if high school sports are taken out but now I believe it is mandatory that they get taken out so American students can academically compete on an international scale. If people want to play football or basketball, they must either join a private league or get accepted into the college and walk on just like everyone else.
That was my view, your view and opinions?
yes there are requirements as I stated but what?
Get a D and you can play, that is not asking much from our students.