<p>Not a parent of an athlete, so as Curm would say, I don’t have a dog in this fight. However, this is march madness (not only for basketball) so over the next couple of days there will be posts regarding athletes, URMs, legacies, purple people and what ever who supposedly took someone’s spot and was admitted using a lower standard. This also only becomes an issue at a handful of schools, with students (and their parents) negating the fact that there are close to 4000 colleges and universities in the U.S.</p>
<p>listed below are the recent bowl games and the results of those games:</p>
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<p>It is safe to say that if anyone is going to leave school and go to the professional, the chances are greater for a player coming out of one of these football powerhouse schools.</p>
<p>Where is the outrage that footbal player was admitted with “lower academic standards” at Florida Atlantic, Tulsa 63, Alabama, Clemson , Auburn and any other school listed. I am quite sure that all of them have given their student base a great education (if it was the student’s desire to obtain one). </p>
<p>However, this is only an issue with HYPS other ivies + name your “elite school”. With the exception of Stanford & Duke (who has already been bounced from the big dance this year), how many of these schools could remotely be considered football or basketball powerhouses? Yeah, the whole Harvard/ Yale team (while a good rivalry for the alums) are not going pro however the vast majority of them will graduate.</p>
<p>Just throwing it out there. Are we talking about sports recruiting at all schools or just a select (emphasis on select) few?</p>