{"id":15445,"date":"2002-11-01T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2002-11-01T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2002\/11\/01\/ncaa-lowers-its-standards-to-moron-level\/"},"modified":"2002-11-01T19:31:00","modified_gmt":"2002-11-01T19:31:00","slug":"ncaa-lowers-its-standards-to-moron-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2002\/11\/01\/ncaa-lowers-its-standards-to-moron-level\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA lowers its standards to “moron” level"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NCAA has approved a new set of standards for recruiting<\/a>. “College coaches in every sport [will now be allowed] to recruit high school athletes who achieved no better than a 400 on their SAT.” In case you’re wondering, a 400 means you didn’t get one<\/strong> question right. It’s bad enough that W celebrates mediocrity when he claims that even a “C” student can become president (although somehow I think he was exaggerating a little), but this is just way beyond the pale. I’ll continue my rant later, as I don’t think I’ve vented quite enough on this subject yet…
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thanks to Chris for the link…<\/div>\n
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The NCAA has approved a new set of standards for recruiting. “College coaches in every sport [will now be allowed] to recruit high school athletes who achieved no better than a 400 on their SAT.” In case you’re wondering, a 400 means you didn’t get one question right. It’s bad enough that W celebrates mediocrity … <\/p>\n

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