The NCAA's Dismal Graduation Rate

Excerpts from Eugene Kane:

In reality, many players aren't actual students as much as they are semi-professionals on loan to their university until they can cash in on their talents in the professional leagues. Most times, they never graduate.

The sorry performance of many top NCAA schools when it comes to the graduation rates for African-American athletes has been reported for years with little change.

My top pick in this year's office pool is Kentucky. According to NCAA statistics, Kentucky has been one of the worst schools in terms of graduating black basketball players over the last decade, with black player graduation rate never higher than 29%.

For all NCAA Division I schools, white college basketball athletes graduate at an 81% rate while black players are at 56%.

Some black athletes share in the blame for not taking advantage of scholarships that provide a free education. But just as clearly, March Madness pours enough money into the schools' coffers that there should be more attempt by administrators to guarantee the term student-athlete is more than just a moniker.

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Another point of order - while the coaches are overpaid, how much more of the mens' basketball (and football) revenues go to subsidize Title IX sports?

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That was answered by the University of Michigan a while back. The screaming from everyone about the football program forced the university to produce a list of where the football revenue was spent. After that, everyone shut up. Because things like medical school grants would have been zero without football.

Athletes do leave early and that does skew the numbers a bit, but some athletes (Emmitt Smith for one) go back and get their degree later. I don't think it's a push, though.

Personally, there should be a contract signed by the athlete getting the scholarship. If they graduate with good marks, they keep any money they make in the pros. If they don't graduate, the university gets a percentage of their pro salary. If they go back to school later and get a degree, the percentage is waived.

Simple.

[steveegg]

Question - how much of that graduation rate is skewed by athletes leaving early for the pros, a route taken more by those with a great natural tan?

Another point of order - while the coaches are overpaid, how much more of the mens' basketball (and football) revenues go to subsidize Title IX sports?