Posted on 12/06/2022 12:25:29 PM PST by karpov
The NCAA requirements are separate from the university requirements. Some universities were pandering so badly to admit athletes that the NCAA actually put on some requirements over and above, albeit pretty trivial ones.
They’re dropping the fig leaf.
Pull the plug. Shut it down. Return all college sports to a club basis. The alums can still get drunk. The tv mafia can go pound sand.
As if these “student athletes” have to pass any standardized tests currently. In a sane world, most of them couldn’t sniff a college if even applying for a janitor position. The NCAA has been a JOKE for decades and is getting worse.
Solution: Separate sports teams from academics. If schools wish to “own” a team then let them do so. Pay the players a fair salary with **real** money and no strings attached. Treat it like a business that is separate from the school.
Sports tied to fake scholarships, class attendance, and GPAs cheapens the degrees earned by the true scholars.
UNCheat, aka North Carolina, got around this a long time ago with the so called African American studies degree. What a scam.
A total farce.
Societal collapse.
That particular fraud went on for 20 years and the NCAA did nothing.
Why do they need to take a test when they’re not really there to get an education anyway?
Approx 1.6% of Div I football players are drafted by the NFL.
A much smaller number actually get jobs there.
So while the NCAA is hardly without guilt in this athletics mess, they are making a token effort.
About 130 I-FBS schools.
85 scholarships / 4 = 21 per year.
About 2600 eligible players
100 or so I-FCS schools
63 scholarships / 4 = 15 per year.
1500 eligible players
Division II and III - I forget but the chances of being drafted are really small here.
NFL draft goes about 8 rounds (officially 7 but there are compensatory picks so it’s usually about 8): - 256 players.
So if you’re 1-FBS, your chances are almost 10%.
I’d believe 1.6% for 1-FCS.
Now the chances of making the team are smaller.
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