http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/u-of-michigan-athletes-swayed-into-easy-classes-16703 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/u-of-michigan-athletes-swayed-into-easy-classes-16703#comment-486 East Coast QB Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:01:05 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/u-of-michigan-athletes-swayed-into-easy-classes-16703#comment-486 I agree that most big time programs help to push certain student-athletes through, but I don't think that is so wrong. I was a four year letter winner at a Big East football program so I experienced it with some of my teammates. I graduated with a degree in economics, but some of my teammates had more difficulty with classes. Just as a student with a music talent who doesn't care about math or science, these athletes are there to play their sport, and should receive assistance where they need it. After all they are generating huge amounts of money for the universities. And we got to schedule all of our classes weeks before the student body, and our books were put aside for us. But that is because we had lifting, practice, films, and meetings we had to be at so our classes could only be at certain times. We couldn't wake up at 11, take a bong hit, and determine whether or not we wanted to go to class, all on Daddy's dollar. Our day started a 6:30 and ended at 10 every day of the week. For some reason most people think big time college athletes have a high school practice schedule (3-5PM). I make six figures now and I worked twice the amount of hours while I was playing college football than I do now. I agree that most big time programs help to push certain student-athletes through, but I don’t think that is so wrong. I was a four year letter winner at a Big East football program so I experienced it with some of my teammates. I graduated with a degree in economics, but some of my teammates had more difficulty with classes. Just as a student with a music talent who doesn’t care about math or science, these athletes are there to play their sport, and should receive assistance where they need it. After all they are generating huge amounts of money for the universities. And we got to schedule all of our classes weeks before the student body, and our books were put aside for us. But that is because we had lifting, practice, films, and meetings we had to be at so our classes could only be at certain times. We couldn’t wake up at 11, take a bong hit, and determine whether or not we wanted to go to class, all on Daddy’s dollar. Our day started a 6:30 and ended at 10 every day of the week. For some reason most people think big time college athletes have a high school practice schedule (3-5PM). I make six figures now and I worked twice the amount of hours while I was playing college football than I do now.

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