College Athlete's Reading Levels

Interesting article on the reading level of some college athletes. It makes you wonder how they are passing classes when they can barely even read....

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-athletes-reading-scores/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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I get really burned up when I read an article like this. The NCAA, bastions of student athlete concept is well aware of deficiencies by D1 athletes in these sports, yet offer no serious remedial actions as long as the wheel of fortune keeps spinning.

Give D1 athletes 6 years of tuition, room, and board to complete degrees, and allow up to two years of remedial studies to improve basic reading and math skills. If colleges gave one damn about the students making them money in D1 money sports, they'd offer this in an instant. Is the ACC sports money too little for those schools to jump in and create legitimate college graduates out of subpar students?

Sickening.
 
As I've written before, Rob Thomas receiving his degree was the proudest I have ever been of STJ basketball.
 
Don't worry...I a few years we will be paying these D I students in addition to free tuition and not being able to learn. That should fix all our problems.. :sick:
 
Thirty years ago I was a doctoral student at SJU and on staff at Creedmoor. We put together a grant to get kids with high school difficulty, trades experience working in various parts of the Creedmoor plant department; plumbing, carpentry, electrical, locksmith, etc. One kid was a pain in the neck and on the verge of being dropped from the program because he "just wouldn't listen". The Program Director had a hunch and and because our offices were next to the speech and hearing staff, he had the kid tested, which revealed severe bilateral hearing loss. The kid "just wouldn't listen" because he just couldn't hear, which through NYC public schools including Jamaica HS, had never been documented or addressed, maybe because some people expect kids to just not listen based on factors other than their capacity to learn.
 
How do you get a qualifying sat score if you can't read?
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Ask Derrick Rose, apparently it's pretty simple to get away with having someone else take it for you.
 
Thirty years ago I was a doctoral student at SJU and on staff at Creedmoor. We put together a grant to get kids with high school difficulty, trades experience working in various parts of the Creedmoor plant department; plumbing, carpentry, electrical, locksmith, etc. One kid was a pain in the neck and on the verge of being dropped from the program because he "just wouldn't listen". The Program Director had a hunch and and because our offices were next to the speech and hearing staff, he had the kid tested, which revealed severe bilateral hearing loss. The kid "just wouldn't listen" because he just couldn't hear, which through NYC public schools including Jamaica HS, had never been documented or addressed, maybe because some people expect kids to just not listen based on factors other than their capacity to learn.
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It is way too easy to place the blame beyond individual responsibility or parental involvement in a child's education.
 
Could former student athletes sue their former schools the way former NFL players sued. They were exploited for money and many of them could argue their lives were ruined because the were denied a proper education. I am not a lawyer, but could some lawyers out there shine some light on this for me. Thanks.
 
Could former student athletes sue their former schools the way former NFL players sued. They were exploited for money and many of them could argue their lives were ruined because the were denied a proper education. I am not a lawyer, but could some lawyers out there shine some light on this for me. Thanks.
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Not a lawyer, but you could sue for anything. If they were passed in classes where they didn't meet the standards set for other students, I guess you could make the argument that they were passed through in order for the school to keep them as active athletes, and thus were exploited. As far as a win, a sympathetic jury could do anything.
 
It has never prevented a recruit from qualifying to play at Syracuse!
The again, we are the new Harvard. All our recruits are equal. a walk on has the same opportunity to start as a scholarship player.
Our Direckor of Stuedent Progress, Usguard, makes sure. Of. Dat! He. Went to St. Johns Collige. And nos his stuff!
 
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