[NU Sports] Interesting interview with Tulane sports law expert

[Evan Bradley]

I'm not sure how admissions for athletes work currently, but if we're
not doing this already, I'm curious as to why we'd want to start.

I'm all for recruiting the best athletes, but if a university admits
student-athletes who don't match the academic profile of the rest of
the student population, it's:

a) setting these students up for failure in the classroom, thereby
lowering graduation rates and/or increasing the number of athletes who
leave early to go pro

b) risking the reputation of a school where education is supposed to
be priority #1 by emulating some of the "lesser" schools lambasted on
this list for their stereotypical "dumb jock" rosters.

The attitude at NU seems to have been that we'll win while keeping our
ideals, resulting in athletes that are known for being "smart," and I
think most fans are proud of that.



On 5/28/07, Jim Bendat <thehaze at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I'm not so sure that we don't already do that.  When my daughter began
> her freshman year at NU in the fall of 2005, there were a number of
> athletes in her dorm who told her that they wouldn't have made it to NU
> were it not for their sports abilities.
>
>
> MHRJGScott at aol.com wrote:
> > I noted the use of "special admits" at Tulane, why don't we have something
> > like that?
> >
> > _http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-31/1180333669175280.xml
> > &coll=1_
> > (http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-31/1180333669175280.xml&coll=1)
> >
> >