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OPPOSE THE MILITANT FACULTY!!Moderators: PonyPride, SmooPower
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OPPOSE THE MILITANT FACULTY!!If this university truly wants athletics to be a player on this campus, then the first step is to ensure that the faculty's power is reduced drastically.
They've carried too much influence for 20 years and have compromised how our admitting system and degree programs can open more doors for more athletes. It must end. They aren't the only problem. We need organization in our football program that lacks it terribly. And I'm going to keep preaching this message until He!! freezes over.
What's interesting about all this BS instituted after the DP is that it has nothing to do with what we got penalized for. We were PAYING PLAYERS. It wasn't that we were paying players with low grades. I assume we would have paid Rhodes Scholars too.
I've been trying to convey that very point for years. The faculty used the vacuum in the athletic department when were not even allowed to have an Athletic Director for about 6 months to turn an Athletic cheating scandal into an alleged academic scandal which never existed. Never. There were zero allegations of academic dishonesty involved in the DP.
Absolutely right. When you read "A Payroll to Meet," do you know how much of the book is devoted to academics? Exactly one paragraph. Four sentences. That is it. I didn't even allege any wrongdoing.
However, many of us probably had classes with some athletes pre death penalty when they were never seen or heard from except on test days. I remember seeing some senior players in my sophomore classes once in awhile. No scandels, true, but the players did have to pick and choose their classes very carefully. There were profs that let them skate and others that would automatically flunk them. I got the honor of following the football players at registration one year and got into some of the same sections of required humanities classes as they did. I figured if the prof curved, I'd be above the football players on the curve. Needless to say I got an "A". A technique that I highly recommend.
Still re-hashing this after 20-plus years? That's just sad.
No wonder so many folks around the country don't take us seriously. Stop talking about the damn DP. Try looking forward and figuring out how you can help, rather than dwelling on a past that can not be changed. I really shouldn't drink and type.
I think the general should organize a good old fashion bra burning to protest the faculty.
I was going to say a draft card burning, but I did not want to offend his military sensibilities. Besides, I bet the Army gave him more than one bra.
No, I'm saying EastStang's comment has nothing to do with admissions.
How about a plain old book-burning? That seems equally logical and proactive. Maybe we can find some copies of Huck Finn and torch them to show how the mean old factulty at SMU is ruining our lives. I really shouldn't drink and type.
OK. Otto, We are looking ahead with a new coach, staff, organization, etc. It's the militant faculty that would prefer to live in 1988. I'm seeing too many people on this board who appeared to have blindly worshiped the ground the guys walk on. I had good relationships with several of them, but that didn't mean that I took everything as gospel and drank the Kool-Aid. But these guys know what kind of power they wield and will do whatever it takes to keep it. To hell with diplomacy, you get in their face and tell them, "This is what we're doing. You're either with us or against us.''
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