Football Academic Index/banding

GingerPeach
Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:28 +0000

Oh! I see. When you phrase it like that, I understand. So, theoretically, all the spots could be filled by student athletes in the highest band, it’s just not likely statistically?

And is this because football players in general have poorer grades and scores than their peers in other sports? Or is it that many of the football players with great grades and scores are either not at the top of their sport, or are attracted away by Division 1 scholarship programs? I was reading about one top California recruit with over 2100 SATs who was being courted by ivies but who ended up going to a large D1 program.

Seems strange that it’s possible to fill a swim or tennis team with high AI’s but not basketball, hockey or football. All sports take a lot of effort, so the time commitment can’t be it.