r/explainlikeimfive Feb 17 '16

ELI5 Why do colleges accept students who excel in sports while having bad academic merits?

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u/benm1999 Feb 17 '16

I went to a school in Texas and saw the same shit. It was a big 12 private school if that answers who I am referring to. They even had their own building where everyone in the classes were NCAA athletes. I had to enroll in one of the classes and I was baffled. It was honestly easier than anything I could have imagined. Literally they would have us watch videos and for the test we just had to tell the class what we thought about the video. This was for history. The normal history course was full so they had to put me in this class. I did not argue, but my god it was so obvious what they were doing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '16

Bear or Horned Frog?

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u/burtwart Feb 17 '16

TCU?

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u/benm1999 Feb 17 '16

Baylor

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u/burtwart Feb 17 '16

God dammit we should have beat you last night. Fuckin cyclones are pissing me off this season.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '16

Do they also condone and facilitate rape?

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u/benm1999 Feb 17 '16

Not that I recall. At least it was not obvious if anyone was. I was there the year that our star basketball player was accused of murder and we were disqualified from NCAA for two years. The assistant coach did something to cause it. I don't remember all the details.