I agree it is a choice on what a person wants to major in
while attending a university, college, or even a university college (UMUC reference). My point was that a university/college may not hold student-athletes in the revenue sports as they hold the regular students. So the perception out there is there is more "involvement" by the school with student-athletes than the regular students because they have a vested interest on making sure the student-athletes remain eligible to play their sport.
The involvement I am referring to is what to major in, how many credits to take per semester (i.e. only 12 instead of 15 or even 18), and maybe even which classes to enroll in based on whether the prof is more or less student-athlete friendly. I am not suggesting that this goes on at all schools or even VT. I do think parts of it may be more common than what people realize or willing to admit to themselves. Even if all of this was public, then no laws are being broken and it doesn't necessarily change the value of the degree (aka name on the degree). All it may do is reinforce the notion that how much of a "big business" sports are to certain schools and maybe take a couple more steps towards the notion that some schools are treating sports more like a profession than a "perk" for having the opportunity to earn a degree (or degrees) from said institution.
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Posted: 10/16/2018 at 6:09PM
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