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[QUOTE="oldude, post: 5268901, member: 7511"]
Please stop.

The vast majority of college athletes are in fact “student-athletes.”  Approximately 85% of college football players and MBB players earn meaningful degrees and most go on to productive careers in something other than sports…..and no, they don’t all have tutors.  As I pointed out in another post, those graduation rates are considerably higher than non/student athletes.

When I played ball back in the dark ages, I learned to despise the word “jock” because there was often an unspoken adjective implied right before it, “dumb.”  That’s exactly what your post implies.

Finally, what in the hell does Geno marketing a spaghetti sauce at his restaurants have anything to do with any of this.

Considering that this forum is dedicated to UConn WBB and some of the finest young ladies and student-athletes around, almost all of whom earn their degrees and go on to be productive citizens, I strongly suggest that you consider taking your rants about the academic deficiencies of college athletes somewhere else.
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