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- You can take the kid out of the ghetto...
I have absolutely no sympathy for any college athlete that screws up his chances because he has the world handed to him on a silver platter and all he has to do is behave, all just because he can run fast. If you can't handle that, you don't deserve your shot. - Reply to this comment
- I know many teachers and if they don't follow the liberal model in how the kids are handled and taught then they're toast. You'll never see our media showing us what goes on behind the closed doors of your average big city public school, just not going to happen. But believe me it is a nightmare and an environment that most of us would not do well in. Old school approach's are long gone and the end result is what you see, if you take the time, when passing through most of our inner city neighborhoods, mostly they are like Bagdad.
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- I teach high school...Coaches at every level are likely to ignore a players past (or current) criminal activities, as long as he is good at the sport...I guess they just keep their fingers crossed that "nothing bad will happen."
I guess that if it does, they can always head back to the hood and look for another one. - Reply to this comment
- This is no surprise. Its also a problem in the U.S armed forces as well.
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- I noticed that the University will stoop to any low to get an athlete which they can make money on.
This is a story about unqualified students turning into unpaid professional athletes. - Reply to this comment
- I am not totally surprised by this review, however it is food for thought. Students who are in high school and looking to get into sports in college have a lot of choices... we work with students seeking to play sports in college, and I never see these kids.
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- Doesn't anyone else see it? The connection between the different levels of sports is creating a cyclone which is tearing up the integrity of both the sport and the educational system which feeds into the pros.
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- They are 2% of the student population
They commit 20% of the violent crime on campus
Gangs?
Student athletes, mostly the football team. - Reply to this comment
- The sad part, aside from the thuggary in our colleges, is that good money for education is wasted on someone who is only there for the glory and an opportunity to go pro for more money to support their drug habits. Give the money to someone who will make a difference on the street, instead of in the prison.
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- I am not at all surprised. Of course drugs and violent gangs are affecting college sports. Every high school kid in America has easy access to drugs. A 16 year old can easily find weed or even harder drugs, yet that same 16 year old can not buy cigarettes or alcohol.
The drug war has been a failure. There is way too much money in drugs. Furthermore, most gangs fund themselves through selling drugs. Juvenile laws give them a pass.
America needs to look at Portugal. 10 years ago, Portugal decriminalized all drugs. Drug use has fallen. Heroin overdoes have fallen. Crime has fallen. - Reply to this comment
