<p>“I also understand that they work really hard at their sport and there are a lot of mandatory practices, sessions etc. but what about the off season? While you’re doing spring practices with no games looming, can’t you use that semester to focus on school and make up for the lack of time in the fall?”</p>
<p>Why do you assume they are not? In aggregate, they are graduating at a higher rate (often a far higher rate) than folks of the same race and income class attending the school, and this is despite their often poor preparation. </p>
<p>“And yet I was looking at the bio of a Penn State player who was majoring in Parks, Recreation & Tourism – really!? Even if you want to be in the hospitality industry, isn’t something like business management, finance, or marketing better?”</p>
<p>Yeah, like Cornell doesn’t have an entire school for hotel management. </p>
<p>I don’t want you to think I am defending football - I’m not. And as long as we have high school and college football, I think the schools should be required to buy a LIFETIME disability policy for every student who participates. But, for so many, it is a way out, and it WORKS.</p>