college athletics

[fstkhnan]

do u know that every single athlete has to maintain at least 2.5 GPA and finish 24 semester or 36 quarter major units, in between every year she/he competes? that is not easy for everyone, specially if u add up all the out of class requirements that we've got.

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by fstkhnan do u know that every single athlete has to maintain at least 2.5 GPA and finish 24 semester or 36 quarter major units, in between every year she/he competes? that is not easy for everyone, specially if u add up all the out of class requirements that we've got.

Believe me, athletes are spoiled.

A 2.5 GPA is not that difficult to maintain, and the classes that they DO take make this a walk in the park. I've been exposed to their classes, because on many occasions I have helped them with their studies.

[fstkhnan]

Originally posted by sSsflamesSs Believe me, athletes are spoiled.

A 2.5 GPA is not that difficult to maintain, and the classes that they DO take make this a walk in the park. I've been exposed to their classes, because on many occasions I have helped them with their studies.

ok yeah 2.5 is easy for most, but believe it or not a lot of top athletes get cut from the team, because they can't succeed in academics. Basically my point is, we don't take stupid classes as u think we do. Athletes take their major requirement classes. Yeah we do let the teachers know that we're athletes, and that only makes it easy to not lose a lot of point when we're out there competing for our school name.

[Anonymouse]

This reminds me of an interesting question. What does individual athletic ability have anything to do with the school? The same goes for Olympics. What do the athletic abilities of the individual have anything to do with the damn country they represent?

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by fstkhnan ok yeah 2.5 is easy for most, but believe it or not a lot of top athletes get cut from the team, because they can't succeed in academics. Basically my point is, we don't take stupid classes as u think we do. Athletes take their major requirement classes. Yeah we do let the teachers know that we're athletes, and that only makes it easy to not lose a lot of point when we're out there competing for our school name.

Which brings me back to my question that you did not answer...

Is college about academics or athletics? If they're so stupid (sorry for the harsh term, but hey, it's the truth I speak, for the majority of them), then why are they in college in the first place?

[fstkhnan]

Originally posted by Anonymouse This reminds me of an interesting question. What does individual athletic ability have anything to do with the school? The same goes for Olympics. What do the athletic abilities of the individual have anything to do with the damn country they represent?

well, it's the athletic ability, and how you train so you could improve that ability....basically a lot of teams have good athletes, but if they dont train much, they will not be able to win, and the ppl who train them together represtent the country, or the team..

[Anonymouse]

Originally posted by fstkhnan well, it's the athletic ability, and how you train so you could improve that ability....basically a lot of teams have good athletes, but if they dont train much, they will not be able to win, and the ppl who train them together represtent the country, or the team..

But that is still their invidual ability and that of the trainers. It has nothing to do with any said country. I still fail to see a correlation.

[fstkhnan]

I would think college isnt only about academics, or only about athletics. College is about a combination of everything. It's one of the best experiences in life. and it wouldn't be without athletics, or clubs and organizations. It's not only about going to class and then going home...if thats what ur doing, well let me tell u that ur having the worst college life. Athletes work twice as hard as regular students do....
u dont know how much stress we go through, and I play tennis, I could just imagine what football players go through. I think we should be appreciated a lot mroe than we are now!

[fstkhnan]

Originally posted by Anonymouse But that is still their invidual ability and that of the trainers. It has nothing to do with any said country. I still fail to see a correlation.

well the training and the athletic ability, is what the country has produced within the years. Probably a certain athlete wasnt gonna be as good if he wasnt living in the US, because he wasnt going to have the facilities to train on....or a good trainer.

[Anonymouse]

Originally posted by fstkhnan well the training and the athletic ability, is what the country has produced within the years. Probably a certain athlete wasnt gonna be as good if he wasnt living in the US, because he wasnt going to have the facilities to train on....or a good trainer.

The runners from Kenya don't have the financial benefits as say those in the U.S., yet they perform better.

Athletic ability isn't determined by where you live or what political system you adhere to. It is strictly a biological capability of the individual. I still don't see what you're getting at.