Serious question: When was the last time you heard of an athlete ineligible because of grades?
Question: Do college athletes have to be enrolled in classes anymore?
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Yes they have to be enrolled.
But do they have to attend?
Not heard of an ineligible player in decades,
I don't know the answer to the question, but like Hawk4shur suggested, I think that "academically ineligible" is a thing of the past as far as college athletics go.
Heck, Carson Beck came out and admitted that he hadn't taken a class for years, and none at Miami, during a CFP Championship Game interview.
Heck, Carson Beck came out and admitted that he hadn't taken a class for years, and none at Miami, during a CFP Championship Game interview.
Enrolled at the school absolutely. Actually taking classes? Probably not. Probably better they're not anyways. Why take up space and resources another STUDENT could use. Or better yet another STUDENT ATHLETE from the tennis or golf team or some other non professional actual college sport.
I think schools have gotten really good at managing players academics by doing things like:
- Funneling students into manageable majors
- Keeping course loads light during the main playing seasons
- Utilizing online courses (that may not have the same rigor as in-person classes)
- Tracking what professors/classes are athlete-friendly, and pushing students in that direction
- Intense academic support for players
Many students with questionable academic skills are funneled into online courses and have tutors who do their homework.
An old friend still has friends who work there. Athletes still have to register and pass classes. He doesn't know about SEC schools, just Iowa.
i believe iowa sent a pretty good player (forget his name) on his way as recently as this season…rumor was academics. happens from time to time under kf
This may stun many sports fans, but scholarship money is awarded to many students because they are smart. They don't even have to be athletes. The first part of the word should give it away.
I don’t think players have went to class for years in the SEC
Pretty sad actually. So in regards to Iowa football, I'm assuming all the guys with the grad decal on their helmets (we had probably 20 last year) and many this year, have actually completed the coursework and graduated. I believe Hank Brown, ( and NO this is not a slap at Heck, before someone goes there) already graduated before he came to Iowa, or certainly last year. I know Mark G had already graduated before he came to Iowa, so yes some guys are taking advantage of their opportunity and I'm going to assume that Iowa does expect them to go to class. Same at schools like NW. I'm sure there are lots of schools that don't care. So to answer the question, probably depends on the University.
Smith the WR ended up in Iowa Western I believe, and yes Iowa players have to go to class......
Some are, but I don't think scholarship is the right word. Perhaps "athletic grant."
At the college level? No.
I think you missed the point that with football and basketball players being openly paid large sums of money and zero focus on academics it's literally crossed into being a professional sport. You've got failed NBA players trying to come back to make more in the NCAA then they do the G-Leagues!
I'm sure schools like Auburn and Texas with huge golf programs probably do have a couple highly paid players, but places like Iowa don't.
I love the irony in this sentence.
I wonder if they teach present perfect tense in the Big Ten.
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He was talking about the WR Smith who left in the off season and I believe is now at Iowa Western with the hope of returning.
Very few college athletes will make a living making $ from playing sports. I sure hope a vast majority of them are taking advantage of the free education they're handed on a silver platter.
With so many kids now attending 2-3 colleges these days I'd really like to see the number that actually " graduate." Now that's it's basically pro ball and some are getting 500K and more to play, how serious would you really be about school? And what percentage are taking almost 100% online classes anymore? Used to be a minimum of 12 hours to be considered a full time student and be eligible to play sports back in my old man days. You'll still get the occasional real students on a team I'm guessing, maybe 10, 15%, but would have to assume the rest are just here to play FB or BB.
This. This assumption is off base in the overall picture at least at many schools. It probably pertains to the top 5-10% of players, and even some of them actually DO get degrees. Yes, no question some of the top athletes making millions in college and are assured of probably being high draft picks are not really students and some are. The lions share of the 105 guys on rosters are not getting life altering money, and will never play football after their college days. Its the stars that we hear about, but by far the biggest group of players aren't in this group.
I have to believe that number is really low. We hear about all the money that these guys are getting but its massively skewed to the top 10% of the players. Sure there are guys getting 500K to a million plus, but I'd bet of the 105 guys your talking about the top 15-20 guys MAYBE. Take Iowa. I think they're putting about 17 mill of the 22 mill into football, plus some NIL for a few guys. There are probably 75 -80 guys at Iowa at any one time who are not getting anything close to life altering money. I think last season Iowa had around 25-27 players who used up their eligibility, and pretty much all of those guys had the "graduate" sticker on their helmets. I'm pretty sure they had to graduate to be awarded those. I'd bet there are a lot of schools like Iowa where this is the case. We hear so much about all this money, but I think at most schools its clearly going to the top players by a large margin.
Absolutely, for some of the top players, but at most schools that $$$ is mostly going to a limited number of players.
He did graduate already, and is enrolled as a "non degree seeking student" which allows him to take a lighter load of online classes. MG earned his Master's in engineering AT Iowa in the spring semester while he was rehabbing, and then took "leadership" classes in the fall semester.
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