[Vision2020] Say What

[Sunil Ramalingam]

So is there an eight-man college football league?  Or a half-court basketball league, maybe three-a-side?

Why should the university set higher standards for those on athletic scholarships than for regular students?

Sunil

> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:33:04 +0000
> Subject: [Vision2020] Say What
> 
> "You hear which majors, and which classes, are the easiest and you take 
> them.  You're going to school so you can stay in sports. You're not going 
> for a degree. It's a joke."
> 
> - Former Boise State safety Marty Tadman
> (From the November 18, 2008 edition of USA Today)
> 
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> 
> This is EFFING rediculous!
> 
> If this is how many of our student-athletes feel about their academic 
> responsibilities, perhaps UI should adopt a 3.25 minimum GPA for a student-
> athlete to maintain his/her scholarship (with absolutely NO grades below 
> a "C"), and progressive courses from semester to semester to semester 
> to . . .  NO General Studies majors.
> 
> If they can't meet these standards, perhaps they should transfer to 
> Arizona State and play for Dennis Erickson who doesn't give a tinkers damn 
> about their future.
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>  
> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> 
> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
> 
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