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<blockquote data-quote="sabrinathecat" data-source="post: 6282480" data-attributes="member: 89838"><p>As someone who never understood the attraction of watching team sports, or any sports, the whole thing of bringing back alumni to support the team, yadda yadda yadda, makes no sense to me. I don't get teary-eyed at the thought of going back to my colleges, or any of that. I'm not a joiner.</p><p></p><p>The idea of special privilege for <u><em>ANYONE </em></u>to break rules or have a double-standard is flat out wrong to me. The idea for college sports was that the top students were allowed to join teams, provided they kept their grades up, <em>not </em>that schools would cherry pick athletes to have on their teams and put a token class-load on them. Like the "suicide room-mate=all A's" policy, giving special treatment and a different set of rules for athletes vs regular students is just flat-out wrong.</p><p>Now, if someone needs remedial classes to catch up in order to achieve the degree they need, I'm all for that. Yes, get them the classes they need.</p><p></p><p>San Jose State had a class English 100W. It was a writing class necessary for all students to pass, customized by major. Near when I was graduating, many departments wanted to ditch the requirement. Only two steadfastly opposed the removal: English department and Chemistry department. Seems that both sides thought it was important for students to be able to write at a college level. The requirement was still in place when I left, and hopefully still is. What was behind the request to remove the requirement? The Computer Science and Computer Engineering students were getting bogged down with too many required classes. They wanted an out, and figured removing an English class was the way to go.</p><p></p><p>Getting back to sports and universities: way too much emphasis is placed on athletics in the culture as it is. Academia is supposed to be about study, not $. Yes, money is needed. There is a better way to handle it.</p><p>And then we dance into a political discussion, so I have to end there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sabrinathecat, post: 6282480, member: 89838"] As someone who never understood the attraction of watching team sports, or any sports, the whole thing of bringing back alumni to support the team, yadda yadda yadda, makes no sense to me. I don't get teary-eyed at the thought of going back to my colleges, or any of that. I'm not a joiner. The idea of special privilege for [U][I]ANYONE [/I][/U]to break rules or have a double-standard is flat out wrong to me. The idea for college sports was that the top students were allowed to join teams, provided they kept their grades up, [I]not [/I]that schools would cherry pick athletes to have on their teams and put a token class-load on them. Like the "suicide room-mate=all A's" policy, giving special treatment and a different set of rules for athletes vs regular students is just flat-out wrong. Now, if someone needs remedial classes to catch up in order to achieve the degree they need, I'm all for that. Yes, get them the classes they need. San Jose State had a class English 100W. It was a writing class necessary for all students to pass, customized by major. Near when I was graduating, many departments wanted to ditch the requirement. Only two steadfastly opposed the removal: English department and Chemistry department. Seems that both sides thought it was important for students to be able to write at a college level. The requirement was still in place when I left, and hopefully still is. What was behind the request to remove the requirement? The Computer Science and Computer Engineering students were getting bogged down with too many required classes. They wanted an out, and figured removing an English class was the way to go. Getting back to sports and universities: way too much emphasis is placed on athletics in the culture as it is. Academia is supposed to be about study, not $. Yes, money is needed. There is a better way to handle it. And then we dance into a political discussion, so I have to end there. [/QUOTE]
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