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Let players earn credit for sports
Eric Wormus
Issue date: 8/31/07 Section: Sports
The student-athletes should still have to fulfill other university requirements-the Miami Plan for example-but they deserve to be able to major in the sport they play. Miami already offers courses in coaching and athletic training; why not make those classes mandatory for a sports degree?
The percentage of collegiate athletes who ultimately go on to have a professional career is very small-there is no denying that. However, the number of business students who become CEOs of a major company is also very small, as is the number of accounting students who become CFOs.
Students change majors all the time trying to find the one that fits them the best, or the one that will make them the happiest. Just because a major may seem trivial or unusable in the real world is not a good reason to ban that major.
Student-athletes put in many hours of practice and preparation into their sport in addition to the other classes they have. It's about time the NCAA allows its student-athletes to become students of athletics.
The percentage of collegiate athletes who ultimately go on to have a professional career is very small-there is no denying that. However, the number of business students who become CEOs of a major company is also very small, as is the number of accounting students who become CFOs.
Students change majors all the time trying to find the one that fits them the best, or the one that will make them the happiest. Just because a major may seem trivial or unusable in the real world is not a good reason to ban that major.
Student-athletes put in many hours of practice and preparation into their sport in addition to the other classes they have. It's about time the NCAA allows its student-athletes to become students of athletics.
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RedHawk21
posted 8/31/07 @ 10:53 AM EST
This is the dumbest idea I think I have ever heard. Student-athletes are basically getting paid (through scholarship money) to go to college, and it is their job to fulfill that scholarship by participating in intercollegiate athletics. (Continued…)
MU alum
posted 8/31/07 @ 12:23 PM EST
I don't see this as being a whole lot different than marching band members earning credit for participation in marching band. They rehearse a full week before school starts, plus 1. (Continued…)
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