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Post by Judge Smails on Nov 2, 2022 14:04:25 GMT -8
A lot of the athletes in major college sports are online only students. This is why it is not as a big of a deal as it used to be to have teams travel mid-week. A good majority of our baseball team last year were online only students. No, no they are not. Maybe during their prospective sport's "in season" some are. But not a majority, all of the time, all 2, 3, 4 years whatever they attend. In season what was what I meant. Why does it matter if they are online or not out of season? |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Nov 2, 2022 14:05:28 GMT -8
Oops...Did I just unintentionally insult every single person on these boards? Aren't we all a little bit nuts? ;-)  |
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Post by ochobeavo on Nov 2, 2022 15:31:23 GMT -8
No, no they are not. Maybe during their prospective sport's "in season" some are. But not a majority, all of the time, all 2, 3, 4 years whatever they attend. In season what was what I meant. Why does it matter if they are online or not out of season? and in many cases they are taking the easier classes in-season where possible. My son's wrestling coach always told them to avoid math classes (or anything with a lab) during winter term. |
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Post by seastape on Nov 2, 2022 20:59:51 GMT -8
Then there's the other sports in which the athletes have games mid-week, such as soccer, baseball, and softball just off the top of my head. The UCLA athletic director said that he had the student-athletes in mind when he made the decision to join the Big 10. It's tough to believe that. What about the non-revenue sports? Are SC and UCLA going to join a west coast league for those? I would think that, since those sports are a drain on athletic department budgets, I would not be enthused to have those schools in my conference without the revenue sports. And, to be frank, out of sheer pettiness I would not want USC or UCLA in the Pac 10 for any sports if they were not in it for the revenue sports. It might also be incentive for those schools to think about re-joining the Pac in the future if it turns out that the travel demands of being in the Big 10 is a strain on budgets (doubt it) and/or the student-athletes (expect it). A lot of the athletes in major college sports are online only students. This is why it is not as a big of a deal as it used to be to have teams travel mid-week. A good majority of our baseball team last year were online only students. Well that took the steam right out of my argument. |
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