SMU2007 wrote:the fact of the matter is that 100 or so football + basketball players have absolutely no impact on the overall level of academia at a university. you are talking about 1% or less of the population. I guarantee there is at least 1% of other non athlete students who don't deserve to be there but happen to have money, political ties or other things that get them admission when they otherwise wouldn't. It is just asinine to say, well I want SMU to be good at academics so let's not let these guys in.
Agreed.