Jacob article on student fee subisidies of athletic departments

[CL82]

It's a rehash of the numbers we've seen on the board, but if you are jonesing for something UConn related to read, it' okay.

My only complaint is this quote"

But none more impressive than the perfect 1,000 score by the men's basketball team for the second straight year (2012-13 and 2013-14). The team scored a 978 in its national championship 2010-11 season and a 947 in 2011-12 for its current four-year APR mark of 983. Nobody can say that UConn basketball is an academic sham anymore. The UConn women, of course, have always had strong APR marks.

No one could ever say that Jeff. You know better. Why throw in a baseless shot at the university?

 

[ThetaZoo]

It's a rehash of the numbers we've seen on the board, but if you are jonesing for something UConn related to read, it' okay.

My only complaint is this quote"

But none more impressive than the perfect 1,000 score by the men's basketball team for the second straight year (2012-13 and 2013-14). The team scored a 978 in its national championship 2010-11 season and a 947 in 2011-12 for its current four-year APR mark of 983. Nobody can say that UConn basketball is an academic sham anymore. The UConn women, of course, have always had strong APR marks.

No one could ever say that Jeff. You know better. Why throw in a baseless shot at the university?

No, no one except Jeff Jacobs and some Syracuse and BC fans. I read a column this past week by a SF Examiner sportswriter and marveled at his eloquence and lack of personal bias. How I wish Jacobs could be more like big city sportswriters.

 

[Fishy]

How I wish Jacobs could be more like big city sportswriters.

D'Oh?

Don't read many 'big city sportswriters', do we? I think the very worst people in the biz are them big city sportswriters.

Jay Mariotti writes for the San Francisco Examiner - be very glad Jeff Jacobs isn't like him.

I also think the OP misinterprets the intent. It's not Jacobs' taking a shot, he's saying that others can no longer take it. As we saw, there was no shortage of media and opposing fans tripping over themselves to do so when the APR kerfuffle was in full swing.