Univ. of New Hampshire is getting rid of its women's rowing. The official line is that it has to get rid of some sports so that it can get into compliance with Title IX. Really is that it is doing a big budget cut. I wonder if this is the first women's team to be axed becasue of Title IX.
I don't understand how Title IX can possibly be used for what seems to me to be a really cheap blow to many girls. Rowing is a somewhat expensive sport, lots of coaches, lots of equipment.
I answered your question about the assumption. It is more highly published when a recruit struggles with passing the requirements than with the recruits that walk in here with high marks. As I pointed out, 2 of the basketball players in the past 2 years were exceptional people and students despite the tremendous pressure put on them. And of course out of all the football players there are, there are good and bad.
The team with the highest GPA at the U of I is women's swimming.
Other sports do not give full ride scholarships, the kids get partials, sometimes pretty good, last year a local swimmer got 70%, which is high.
And yes, there are plenty of students of the 40,000 who attend who are riding on mom and pops money and not working at all, but there are just as many students trying to make ends meet and have the pressures of the football players. These players get a scholarship that is worth a lot of money, up to 20,000 a year depending on their major. Most of them are very thankful to get it, and yes, the University own them and it is their job to play. But that education is worth a lot, and there are many kids who cannot get that education because they cannot afford it.
I don't hate the football and basketball players, but they do get preferential treatment at times, and there are plenty of other athletes who do not get that and plenty of regular students who don't get that. And regular students NEVER get the standards lowered for them.
I answered your question about the assumption. It is more highly published when a recruit struggles with passing the requirements than with the recruits that walk in here with high marks. As I pointed out, 2 of the basketball players in the past 2 years were exceptional people and students despite the tremendous pressure put on them. And of course out of all the football players there are, there are good and bad.
The team with the highest GPA at the U of I is women's swimming.
Other sports do not give full ride scholarships, the kids get partials, sometimes pretty good, last year a local swimmer got 70%, which is high.
And yes, there are plenty of students of the 40,000 who attend who are riding on mom and pops money and not working at all, but there are just as many students trying to make ends meet and have the pressures of the football players. These players get a scholarship that is worth a lot of money, up to 20,000 a year depending on their major. Most of them are very thankful to get it, and yes, the University own them and it is their job to play. But that education is worth a lot, and there are many kids who cannot get that education because they cannot afford it.
I don't hate the football and basketball players, but they do get preferential treatment at times, and there are plenty of other athletes who do not get that and plenty of regular students who don't get that. And regular students NEVER get the standards lowered for them.
