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Originally Posted by Seahawk
So, here, from memory, were the central tenets of the paper, again, 1981:
- Once awarded, a scholarship is for five years. The only exception is a criminal offense on the part of the player or failure to attain a 2.5 GPA or non attendance in class. A played cannot lose a scholarship to injury.
- For contact sports, minimal classes during the season and the player accrues an additional semester for each season he plays a contact sport. A college football game is a car crash.
- If a player does not make it to the pros, and the numbers are harsh, the player can then finish his degree using his accrued semesters, free of charge. The player must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher however for these bonus semesters. Failure to do so means probation and one more "free" semester to turn it around.
- I mentioned a small stipend for each player.
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So, what we have in these paragraphs, my father and his father would have described as common sense. It implies that the education and the promise of a college degree is the main reason for the so called 'student athlete' to be admitted to a school through scholarship. Everything else is secondary. All requirements of that education must be met in order to earn a degree. Seems simple enough.