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Poor Davis had to be forced to go to class and would only return if he didn't have to go to class next year.
While probably somewhat tongue in cheek, also likely has an element of truth.
How about the communications professor allowing him to bump back that speech not once but twice? Is that a perk allowed to other student's in the class? I think not
It's interesting how point of view can influence our perceptions.
I watched this same video and thought it was all quite silly and full of jokes.... Jimmy Kimmel sets a comical tone and keeps things that way throughout the interview. If this had been Austin Rivers being interviewed about his appearance and class attendance, perhaps it would not be taken so seriously.
Here's a working link, btw http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-...152900272.html
I'll tell you this, Anthony Davis can play for my team anytime.
I'll be honest I'd be disappointed if Austin or any Duke player said he didn't go to class or he kept asking for extensions on assignments because he was a basketball player. I take on the old school approach that if you go to school, you go to school. That being said in all fairness to Davis I don't know what kind of student he is but I guess you can give him credit for going to the classes he is still going to. Not a lot of kids in his position would do so otherwise. Found it interesting that Davis said Calipari made them go to class.
I thought the exact same thing while watching this the other night when it was on Jimmy Kimmel. I cringed when he jokingly said that he'd come back if he didn't have to practice or go to class...just knew some would take it the wrong way...and here we go. This was clearly a joke.
I don't take what's said on this video literally. My point was simply that people may be taking offense mostly because the player is from Kentucky. The extent to which Davis was good natured about Kimmel poking fun about his looks is a significant clue as to the humorous nature of the entire conversation. It's a matter of context. Had a Duke player engaged in the same sort of humor, it might be thought to be quite entertaining and obviously not true.
This is much as we've been trying to teach students for years: just because it's on the Internet/in print, doesn't make it true or accurate.
http://www.pratt.duke.edu/policies-procedures#novap
http://trinity.duke.edu/academic-req...cipation-novap
That is not the case
As the link indicates once the student submits the form saying they are an athlete, students simply submit a form online ala the short term illness form saying they won't be in class. There isn't any approval from the dean needed at this point. The discretion of whether it is being misused is explicitly left to the professor. I don't know how it works in practice, I'm not an athlete and have never asked them about it, but the policies are factual, and leave very much leeway for the student and professor to work out.
The overall point which I was contesting, though, was that at duke, apparently as at kentucky, athletes are given certain "perks" (as it was worded in the other post) which are not available to other students.
April 1
The below sentences are from the Pratt link:
"This letter, signed by the Dean of Trinity College and by Brad Berndt, Associate Athletics Director, is accompanied by a schedule of that semester's varsity athletic competitions."
"Because athletic absences are pre-scheduled events, student athletes are expected to submit a form no later than one week prior to their participation in each varsity athletic competition out of town."
I'm not sure how those statements contradict my assertion that athletes have to fill out paperwork the same as other students.
Whether Kentucky kids go to class or graduate...I care not. I will continue to support Gardner-Webb.
Oh yeah! Weber State as well.
So you think this sort of thing doesn't spit in the eye of the term "student athlete"? I understand that one and done are not the norm, but they're becoming more prevalent and the fact that Cal won a championship with this formula means that more coaches will likely be looking at this approach.
There are LOTS of reasons student athletes might graduate at a higher rate:
- many of them get free rides; many non-student athletes probably don't graduate because they can't afford school/living costs any more or they have to work just to keep up, which hinders their studies
- the incentive of playing their sport helps ensure they keep their grades up
- student athletes often have accesses to resources that other students might not have (free tutors, etc)
- a number of student athletes major in areas that some might call "cakewalks"
That said, I'd be interested in seeing actual numbers on this, and even more interested on seeing the numbers on student athletes ONLY in the major sports like football, basketball, etc and leave out the non-money makers, since you're more apt to find what's closer to a true "student athlete" in those sports.
I found this Time article:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...063677,00.html
I also found this blog:
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/dum...te-propaganda/
He was being good natured, but that's part of the problem - it's making light of a hole in the system. I don't care that he's from Kentucky. You don't hear Austin Rivers saying that sort of thing. What you DO see is Austin Rivers going to class after declaring for the draft and Austin Rivers wanting to get his degree from Duke.
This isn't about one and dones... this is about the charade that John Calipari puts on.