Re:The NCAA Erased My Career
by throwawayboise on Saturday April 24, 2021 @06:38PM
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She wrote that as of 2020, "I had been playing professional tennis for three years"
She graduated; they're not taking her degree away. And honestly nobody cares about the college record of a professional tennis player -- the fact that it was vacated on a technicality like this is not going to hurt her professional career at this point. Likely she could coach as well, there are coaches in the NCAA who have done far worse (intentionally, not accidentally) and still get jobs.
> I had been playing professional tennis for three years
I stand corrected. When I googled her to check that statement, I didn't see anything promising on the first page. I should have looked harder.
Honestly, for the author, she was playing tennis and got an education out of it on the backs of those playing revenue sports. I don't fault her for this--she didn't make the system--but it doesn't look like she went pro, and it she wasn't kicked out while she was in school, so the only damage she's suffering is the NCAA saying she wasn't on the team. Unless she's coaching, and being a college athlete is almost a qualification, she seems to have done OK.
That said, I still think she's right for calling out the NCAA.