Athlete recruitment...

Hamburglar
Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:19:20 +0000

You’re on a pedestal because all your posts have a condescending tone and you seem to think you’re an expert on every issue relating to Stanford because you’re a student.

And what “other points” do you keep referring to? The only “data” I see in your post is this:

“Literally, about 10% of the students are intercollegiate athletes. Only a fraction of those were playing that sport in high school (in other words, they walked on to the team while at Stanford). Only a fraction of those who played the sport in high school are actually recruited (i.e. talk with coaches). Only a fraction of those are actually getting a boost in admissions. And only a tiny fraction of those weren’t terribly qualified.”

Which is pretty much EXACTLY what I’m referring to: You’re grouping recruiting of intercollegiate athletes of synchronized swimming with that of football, which is ridiculous.

How about finding me this data: Of sports that GENERATE revenue for Stanford, what % of the students were recruited compared to walk on? And how does the average GPA/SAT score of these athletes compare to the student body as a whole?

As far as Luck and Gerhart, that’s anecdotal evidence and certainly is not a representation of the general student-athlete.

Every response of yours to my posts has been along the lines of “wow that makes no sense” or “you’re missing the point”. How about a real rebuttal?

Oh and as far as criticizing my spelling, I am typing on an iPhone so I hope my spelling/grammar errors are tolerable in your eyes.