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Message: [QUOTE="eebmg, post: 2375703, member: 7548"] It is well known that Geno/CD have developed such an efficient system of coaching / training that he is able to separate coaching time from academic time and that the support the students get in both areas is better than just about any school. Therefore, artificial time constraints can appear very burdensome and illogical. However, I imagine that there are plenty of situations where inefficient or incompetent coaching staffs under pressure to improve their standing can abuse student academic time with unrealistic coaching demands. Finally, I am not sure I buy into the analogy of music or computer science students and their work load. The vast majority of WCBB players will not have a career in basketball so their education is critical to their career /life aspirations. The CSC student should put in 60 hrs/week studying since that is her chosen career. Is that the workload we should give to basketball players whose future careers are in all probability elsewhere? The bottom line is that such rules are burdensome to the elite programs and of course, the details of the rules can always be improved but there does need to be some level of protection given to avoid abuse (as Geno admits there is). From his vantage point, it seems silly but his situation is far from representative. [/QUOTE]