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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 2112553, member: 7492"] Somebody woke up a bit cranky today. Not sure the source of the angst here and while all student athletes have to either juggle their schedules with team travel either on their own or with an academic advisor assistance, some schools course loads are harder. Perceived or reality is Stanford, Duke, Northwestern, Vanderbilt and of course the Ivy's have harder work loads. Very rarely so we see fluff majors or courses like what UNC had at these institutions. I didn't see any "selling" by the WP as you framed it. Yes, they (student athletes) all have the same set of issues- 20 hours of practice, game travel, hotel stays, managing down time in unfamiliar places, 12-18 hours of course work and "unscheduled team time". This is impressive regardless of institution and I didn't read anything elitist into it. However, their travel problems were disconcerting but yet they solved them without too much complaint. It's ok if you want to root against Duke and Stanford, but don't get so cynical or negative on it, you're better than that as we have all seen. I just want to pull you back from the abyss my friend, that's all. :) [/QUOTE]