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Originally posted by JRutledge
I really think this is very much an overblown issue.
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Jeff -- After looking at the statistics on the website referenced above, I would tend to agree with you, with one exception. The really top, top schools in basketball and football, at least, do have much lower graduation rates for their players. The original post asked about the Final Four schools, and some of the replies concerned the Sweet Sixteen, as did the article cited. These schools are really not doing very well.
And it doesn't look as though it's because the players are moving into the NBA early. It appears that some just play out their scholarships and then move on without finishing school. The concern is that the school is taking advantage and gaining a great deal of value from certain playrs, wtihout giving anything back.
Like I said earlier, any particular individual player can avoid this problem for him or her self by carefully choosing a program where this isn't going to happen. But the schools still have a responsibility, I think and apparently others do too, to see to it that players are in fact given a fair shake at a degree.