University of Washington is cutting both their men's and women's swimming programs. I hope that the people who do their Masters training there aren't affected. Usually, it's the men's program that gets cut. But, here, they cut both of the swimming programs.
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../21029.asp
Wow. I didn't know there were so many actors that can run a 4.5 sec 40 yard dash, leap 40 inches vertically, and dunk a basketball.
Lots wrong with college football and basketball - but like with most things - you are full of hyperbole.
A few years ago I would have 100% agreed that college football and basketball players were "actors" posing as students...and although there are still a lot of problems and BS going on gradutaion rates have improved:
2008 NCAA Graduation Success Rate for BCS Football Programs
1. Notre Dame 94%
2. Stanford 93
T3. BC 92
T3. Duke 92
T3. Northwestern 92
6. Vanderbilt 91
7. Wake Forest 83
8. Texas Tech 79
T9. Baylor 78
T9. Nebraska 78
T9. UNC 78
T9. Penn State 78
T13. UConn 77
T13. Indiana 77
T15. Colorado 75
T15. Iowa 75
T15. Syracuse 75
T15. Virginia Tech 75
19. Cincinnati 73
T20. Illinois 70
T20. Michigan 70
T20. Miami 70
T20. Rutgers 70
24. Florida State 69
T25. Clemson 68
T25. Florida 68
T25. Maryland 68
T25. Wash State 68
Basketball is still a disgrace...so i guess we can say that the majority are "actors'
nbcsports.msnbc.com/.../
At least Maryland went from 0% in 2007 to 10% in 2008!
Wow. I didn't know there were so many actors that can run a 4.5 sec 40 yard dash, leap 40 inches vertically, and dunk a basketball.
Lots wrong with college football and basketball - but like with most things - you are full of hyperbole.
A few years ago I would have 100% agreed that college football and basketball players were "actors" posing as students...and although there are still a lot of problems and BS going on gradutaion rates have improved:
2008 NCAA Graduation Success Rate for BCS Football Programs
1. Notre Dame 94%
2. Stanford 93
T3. BC 92
T3. Duke 92
T3. Northwestern 92
6. Vanderbilt 91
7. Wake Forest 83
8. Texas Tech 79
T9. Baylor 78
T9. Nebraska 78
T9. UNC 78
T9. Penn State 78
T13. UConn 77
T13. Indiana 77
T15. Colorado 75
T15. Iowa 75
T15. Syracuse 75
T15. Virginia Tech 75
19. Cincinnati 73
T20. Illinois 70
T20. Michigan 70
T20. Miami 70
T20. Rutgers 70
24. Florida State 69
T25. Clemson 68
T25. Florida 68
T25. Maryland 68
T25. Wash State 68
Basketball is still a disgrace...so i guess we can say that the majority are "actors'
nbcsports.msnbc.com/.../
At least Maryland went from 0% in 2007 to 10% in 2008!
