[NU Sports] Fw: Must-read

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-----Original Message-----
From: hakirsch at aol.com
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 02:41:38 
To: Dennis W. Brandt<tbng at comcast.net>; <nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com>
Reply-To: hakirsch at aol.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Must-read

You have to be naïve to think the educational system is not at fault. One would also be naïve to think the educational system is the only reason 
Any system that allocates better educational  resources (and I'm not just referring to money,-but for example  better teachers) to the more affluent areas and disproportionately less African American, is partly to blame.  Then again the educational system can only do so much when dealt a bad hand to begin with

While the above is political, one can also note that a disproportionate number of revenue producing  college athletes (ie football and basketball) are African American. Thus the failure to get these kids educational resources in line with those that tend to come from better school districts is a key source of the problem of academic eligibility ; it is not the only source.  (Whether eligibility means under NCAA rules or eligible for recruitment at NU ) 

Harry
------Original Message------
From: Dennis W. Brandt
To: Beamsley, Jeff
To: Jonathan Hodges
To: Harry
Cc: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
Cc: Northwestern Wildcats
ReplyTo: Dennis W. Brandt
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Must-read
Sent: Mar 16, 2012 6:56 PM

<What grade would you give a system that produces these sorts of results?

I wouldn't blame an educational system when it's not at fault.


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