Re:College Baseball, Venture Capital, and the Long Maybe
by Zigurd on Friday June 20, 2025 @03:17PM
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That's perfectly sensible. While there are notable exceptions who have made it work, there aren't enough hours in the day to be an elite athlete and get a good education. Full contact sports add the danger of injury. If you want to put on a show pay the people in the show for their time and risk.
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Re:College Baseball, Venture Capital, and the Long Maybe
by nradov on Friday June 20, 2025 @11:08PM
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Nonsense. Many of the sports teams at NCAA D1 schools have average GPAs and graduation rates higher than the student body as a whole. There are plenty of hours in the day to do both, it's just that most college students are lazy and have terrible time management skills. Student athletes are forced to be more disciplined, and they also have dedicated academic advisors to help keep them on track.