(07-03-2014 11:59 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(07-03-2014 09:59 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(07-03-2014 08:07 PM)buffdog Wrote:  When athletes, that represent a program, have to meet the same entrance requirements as regular students, then I will believe it is about academics, until then, no it is not about academics.

To be fair, talented musicians attending a university's school of music also don't need the same grades and test scores as freshmen who intend to major in engineering. But we should ask that each athlete is closer to the credentials of the average incoming student than they are now.

At Cincinnati that is not the case. Our Grads kinda run Broadway productions.

same at Ohio. If anything its tougher because you have to meet the standard academic requirements for admission PLUS pass an audition. Certain majors such as engineering may require students to have specific classes in high school like advanced calc or trig, but an incoming freshmen usually wouldn't be denied admission if they didn't meet these requirements, they would just have to take them as a freshmen before they could be admitted to the school of engineering.